Etymology

potassa

P3O1T1A1S1S1A1

Today it means: The chemical compound potassium hydroxide. Full definition →

Dutch potasch ← Middle Dutch asche ← Old Dutch *aska
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*puttaz
  2. Frankish*pott
  3. Old Dutch*pot
  4. Middle Dutchpot
  5. Dutchpot
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-der.?
  7. Proto-Germanic*askǭ
  8. Proto-West Germanic*askā
  9. Old Dutch*aska
  10. Middle Dutchasche
  11. Dutchas
  12. Dutchpotas
  13. Dutchpotasch
  14. English todaypotassa

Borrowed from Dutch potasch (“potash”). Doublet of potash.

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