Wikijunior talk:The Elements/Potassium

in English the origin is from Dutch, but basically it is German - Pottasche from the way to create it from woods, namely 'pötten', the romans knew potash but not Kalium, so the whole word is a neo-latin fantasy-construction. --Chfreund (talk) 21:29, 25 April 2010 (UTC) Btw: feel free to cut this sentence from the end onwards :-) : "Potassium's chemical symbol, K, comes from the arabic word القلية (al-qalya), meaning plant-ashes, formed into a latinish word "Kalium", most likely because it is an alkali metal.", --Chfreund (talk) 21:31, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Why don't you do it yourself then? As long as it isn't original research, you can add any relevant (or delete irrelevant) info you like at will.  Kayau  David Copperfield  MOBY DICK   the great gatsby  14:06, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Because I was unsure how deep into detail it is allowed to go here. Best regards --Chfreund (talk) 16:11, 26 April 2010 (UTC)