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Compounds: Meldings
Elements: Meldlings
Chemical Piths or Unblent Chemicals or Sheer Chemicals or Underlying chemicials
Chemical Series of Periodical Table
metal | orestuff |
alkali metals | ashblomen, ground ores |
alkaline earth metals | earthashblomen, ground earth ores |
lanthanides | dareblomen, outside earth ores |
actinides | strealblomen, glow beam ores |
transition metals | feerblomen, crossover ores |
poor metals | armblomen, poor ores |
metalloids | blemen, someblomen, halfores |
nonmetals | notblomen, unores |
halogens | siltnessen, saltbuilders |
noble gases | athelliften, athellofts |
The table
English | Atom No | Anglish | Origin |
Hydrogen | 1 | Waterlift, Waterling, Waterstuff, Watermaker | Half-calque, Half-calque, Calque, Calque |
Helium | 2 | Sunlift, Sunling, Sunstuff | Half-calque, Half-calque, Calque |
Lithium | 3 | Lightblome, Lightstone, Stonesilver | 1. Lithium is the lightest metal 2. Lithium is the lightest stone; 3. From Gk Lithos meaning Stone |
Beryllium | 4 | Agustearth, Belurstuff | Dutch "Agusterde", calque |
Boron | 5 | Hardchark, hardcoal | -on in Boron is abstractisation from Carbon |
Carbon | 6 | Chark, Coalstuff | English, Calque of High Dutch/Netherlandish |
Nitrogen | 7 | Chokelift, Peter, petermaker | 1. Half-calque of German Stickstoff; 2. and 3. Nitrogen means "Saltpeter Former" |
Oxygen | 8 | Athomlift, Sourling, Sourstuff, Rustmaker | 1. "Breath-air" Calque of German Atemluft; 2. Half-calque; 3. Calque; 4. Calque |
Fluorine | 9 | Gnawlift, Flowling, Flowstuff | 1. Fluorine is highly corrosive; 2. Half-calque; 3. Half-calque |
Neon | 10 | Glowlift, Newling, Newlift | 1. Calque of High Icelandic glóloft; 2. Half-calque; 3. Half-calque |
Sodium | 11 | Saltore, Saltstuff | The metal in salt |
Magnesium | 12 | Soapstone ore | The metal in soap stone |
Aluminium | 13 | Claysilver, Bittersalt | Dutch expression ‘het zilver in klei’. Calque. |
Silicon | 14 | Sindle, Sandchark, Flintstuff | I-mutation of "sand" + -le, The "carbon" in sand (Silicon Dioxide), Calque (from Romish silex: flintstone). |
Phosphorus | 15 | Light-bearer | Calque |
Sulfur | 16 | Swevel, Brimstone | English |
Chlorine | 17 | Bleachlift, Greenling, Greenlift | 1. Calque of High Icelandic bleikiloft; 2. and 3. Half-calque. |
Argon | 18 | Idlelift, Idling, Lonelift | Half-calques |
Potassium | 19 | Potash, Pot ash | English |
Calcium | 20 | Limestuff | English. |
Scandium | 21 | Scandinavish Silver | Anglicized |
Titanium | 22 | Eten ore | Half-calque |
Vanadium | 23 | Freyastuff, Freya ore | English for "Vanadis"(Godess) |
Chromium | 24 | Shieldshine, shinestone, shiny ore | A metal known for its high lustre, half calques |
Manganese | 25 | Lady lodestone, Glass-stone, Glass Makers' ore | 1. Magnesium and manganese where from the same spot, but believed to have different genders. 2. and 3. For its note in glassmaking. |
Ferrum | 26 | Iron | English |
Cobaltum | 27 | Cobalt | English |
Niccolum | 28 | Nickel | English |
Cuprum | 29 | Copper | English |
Zincum | 30 | Zinc, Spelter | English |
Gallium | 31 | French zinc | Half-calque |
Germanium | 32 | Dutch tin | Half-calque |
Arsenic | 33 | Cup-fiend, Bowl-sprite | Medieval English |
Selenium | 34 | Moon Stone, Moon ore | Half-calque |
Bromium | 35 | Stink water, stinkstuff | Half-calque |
Krypton | 36 | Hiddenlift, Hidling | Half-calques |
Rubidium | 37 | Deepest Red, Red ore, Redstuff | Claques |
Strontium | 38 | Red Silver, Strontian Stone/Ore | Strontium salts emits red light when burned, after town of Strontian in Scotland (where the firststuff is found). |
Yttrium | 39 | Outsilver, Outstone, Out Ore | 'Ytter' is cognate to English 'outer/utter'; Lanthanum group element, period of silver |
Zirconium | 40 | Goldbleesilver, Fake gold | "goldblee" < OE goldbléoh "golden-hued," a calque of the original Persian زرگون zargun "gold-like"; half calque |
Niobium | 41 | Columbus' Stone/Ore, Snowy Stone/Ore | Columbium (other name), half-calque |
Molybdenum | 42 | Lifesilver, Greek lead, leadlike | ?, Molybdos means lead in greek, calque |
Technetium | 43 | Fake Silver, Manmade Silver | Half-calque |
Ruthenium | 44 | Ruthen, Rethenford's Stone/Ore | Anglicised |
Rhodium | 45 | Rose Silver, Rose stone/ore | Half-calque |
Palladium | 46 | New Silver, Maidenling | English(early name), calque |
Argentum | 47 | Silver | English |
Cadmium | 48 |
Oatersilver, Wednesiron, Kelmis Ore/Stone |
"Oater" from OE átor "poison;" Cadmium is highly poisonous, cf. High Icelandic eitursilfur; Cf. 'Wodan,' early Name in German (God Wodan, English Woden, as in Wednesday, Norse Odin). From calamine, after town of Kelmis is Belgium. |
Indium | 49 | Crying Silver, Hindish Stone/Ore | This metal emit a high pitched cry when bent, Half-calque |
Stannum | 50 | Tin | English |
Stibium | 51 | Nibsalve | O.E. nebsealf |
Tellurium | 52 | Foldsilver, Earthstuff | Calque (with "fold" <OE folde "earth, ground"), Calque |
Iodium | 53 | Redblue stone/stuff | (Redblue: purple) English |
Xenon | 54 | Fremdloft/lift, Outloft/lift, oddloft/lift, | Half-calques |
Caessium | 55 | Sky stone/ore, Blue stone/ore | Half-calque |
Barium | 56 | Heavy earth, Heavy stone/ore | From old dutch ‘zwaaraarde-metaal’ (heavy-earth metal), half-calque |
Lanthanum | 57 | Hush stone/ore, Lying stone/ore | Half-calque |
Cerium | 58 | Growling | Ceres was the goddess of growing plants |
Praseodymium | 59 | Green twin | Half-calque |
Neodynium | 60 | New twin | Half-calque |
Promethium | 61 | Forethought ore | Prometheus means "forethought" in Greek |
Samarium | 62 | Samarskite, Samarsky's Stone/Ore | Anglicised |
Europium | 63 | Europe stone/ore | Half-Calque |
Gadolinium | 64 | Gadolin's Stone/Ore | After finder Johan Gadolin |
Terbium | 65 | Uttersilver, Utterstone, Utter Ore | From Swedish town Ytterby: Outer/Utter town. |
Dysprosium | 66 | Seldomstone, Seldom ore | Half-calque |
Holmium | 67 | Ilandstone, Iland ore | Holm comes from Stockholm, and means iland. |
Erbium | 68 | Utsilver, Utstone | From Swedish town Ytterby: Outer/Utter town. |
Thulium | 69 | Thulestone, Thule ore | Anglicised |
Ytterbium | 70 | Outersilver, Outerstone, Outer Ore | From Swedish town Ytterby: Outer/Utter town. |
Lutetium | 71 | Paris stone/ore, Mudling | Lutatia is Romish for Paris, comes from ‘mud-hovels’, from ‘lutum’ (mud) |
Hafnium | 72 | Copenhagenstone/ ore, Sellhaven Ore | Copenhagen comes from Kjøbmandehavn, "selling man (merchant) harbor" |
Tantalum | 73 | Gladstone/ Ore | Tantalizing means pleasing, gladdening |
Tungsten | 74 | Heavystone, Wolfsoot | Calque of Swedish/Danish tungsten, Calque of High Dutch Wolfram |
Rhenium | 75 | Runling, Rhinestone, Rhine ore | Rhine comes from Middle High German Rin, from the Proto-Indo-European root *reie- ("to flow, run") |
Osmium | 76 | Stink ore, stinkstone | Half-calque |
Iridum | 77 | Rainbowstone/stuff, Rainbow Gold/Ore | Half-calque |
Platinum | 78 | White Gold, Pinto Silver | English, half-calque (of the full name platina del pinto). |
Aurum | 79 | Gold | English |
Mercury | 80 | Quicksilver | English |
Thallium | 81 | Twigling, Twigstone, Twig ore | Half calque |
Plumbum | 82 | Lead | English |
Bisemutum | 83 | Whitestuff | Calque |
Polonium | 84 | Fieldling, Polishstone, Polish Ore | Etymology of Poland eventually refers to "field" |
Astatine | 85 | Dor, Unmaking Stone/Ore | Initial, rejected name, from German for "do". Half-calque for "unstable" |
Radon | 86 | Beamlift/loft, Shinelift/loft | 1. Half-calque; 2. Calque of old name niton |
Francium | 87 | Moldova, Frankstone/ ore, Frenchstone/ ore | Anglicisation of early name: Moldavium. Calque. Calque |
Radium | 88 | Glowing Stone/Ore | From note as a glowing dye. |
Actinium | 89 | Beaming Ore/Stone | Half-calque, see that this has the same word root as Radium. |
Thorium | 90 | Thunor Stone/Ore | Anglicised |
Protactium | 91 | Firstbeam Stone/ore | Half-calque with actinium |
Uranium | 92 | Tiwstone | Tiw is the closest Anglo-Saxon matching for Greek Uranus. |
Neptunium | 93 | Sealing, Seastone, Sea Ore | Half-calque |
Plutonium | 94 | Wealthstone, Wealth Ore | Half calque |
Americium | 95 | Americks Ore/Stone | Calque |
Curium | 96 | Curie's Ore/Stone | Calque |
Berkelium | 97 | Birch Ore | Half-calque |
Californium | 98 | Californish Ore/Stone | |
Einsteinium | 99 | Einstein's Ore/Stone | --- |
Fermium | 100 | Fermi's Ore/Stone | --- |
Mendelevium | 101 | Mendeleev's Ore/Stone | --- |
Nobelium | 102 | Nobel's Ore/Stone | --- |
Lawrencium | 103 | Lorel Ore | Anglicised |
Rutherfordium | 104 | Rutherford's Ore/Stone | --- |
Dubnium | 105 | Dubna Ore/Stone | Anglicised |
Seaborgium | 106 | Seaburg Ore/Stone | Anglicised |
Bohrium | 107 | Bohr's Ore/Stone | |
Hassium | 108 | Hessen Ore/Stone | Anglicised from Latin |
Meitnerium | 109 | Meitner's Ore/Stone | |
Darmstadium | 110 | Darmstadt Ore/Stone | --- |
Roentgenium | 111 | Roentgen's Ore/Stone | --- |
Copernicium | 112 | Kopernik's Stone | |
Ununtrium | 113 | One Hundred Thirteenth Stuff | Calque |
Ununquadium | 114 | One Hundred Fourteenth Stuff | Calque |
Ununpentium | 115 | One Hundred Fifteenth Stuff | Calque |
Ununhexium | 116 | One Hundred Sixteenth Stuff | Calque |
Ununseptium | 117 | One Hundred Seventeenth Stuff | Calque |
Ununoctium | 118 | One Hundred Eighteenth Stuff | Calque |