زئبق

Significat (Anglès)

mercury (element), quicksilver

Conceptes

mercuri

Traduccions

Quecksilber

mercury

mercurio

mercure

υδράργυρος

mercúrio

mercurio

hydrargyrum

kwik

zîbeq

mercuri

quicksilver

cıva

kwikzilver

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ (zīwag), from a hypothetical Middle Persian [script needed] (*zywk' /⁠zīwag⁠/, “mercury”), whence also Persian ژیوه (žive). From Middle Persian [script needed] (zy(w)ndk' /⁠zīndag, zīwandāg, zībandāg⁠/, “living”), from [script needed] (zyw /⁠*zīwa-,*zība-⁠/, “live”), from Old Persian 𐎪𐎡𐎺 (ji-i-v /⁠jīvaʰ⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós. For the sense development compare English quick and quicksilver. Akin to Old Armenian սնդիկ (sndik), Middle Armenian ժիպակ (žipak), Iranian borrowings.