Etymology

ditungsten

D2I1T1U1N1G2S1T1E1N1

Today it means: Two tungsten atoms in a compound. Full definition →

English tungsten ← Swedish tungsten ← Old Swedish sten
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*téngʰ-u-s ~ *tn̥gʰ-éw-s
  9. Proto-Germanic*þunguz
  10. Old Norseþungr
  11. Swedishtung
  12. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*steyh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*stóyh₂nos
  15. Proto-Germanic*stainaz
  16. Proto-Norseᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ)
  17. Old Norsesteinn
  18. Old Swedishsten
  19. Swedishsten
  20. Swedishtungsten
  21. Englishtungsten
  22. English todayditungsten

From di- + tungsten.

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