Etymology

yttrium

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Today it means: A silvery metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 39, mainly found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare earth minerals. Full definition →

English Ytterby ← Swedish Ytterby ← Old Swedish bȳr
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Old Norseút
  4. Old Norseýtri
  5. Swedishyttre
  6. Swedishytter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  9. Old Norsebúa
  10. Old Norsebýr
  11. Old Swedishbȳr
  12. Swedishby
  13. SwedishYtterby
  14. EnglishYtterby
  15. English todayyttrium

From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden. Doublet of erbium, terbium, and ytterbium.

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