زئبق

Signification (Anglais)

mercury (element), quicksilver

Concepts

mercure

Hg

Traductions

Quecksilber

mercury

mercurio

υδράργυρος

mercurio

mercúrio

mercuri

hydrargyrum

kwik

zîbeq

cıva

quicksilver

mercuri

kwikzilver

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.