Quarz

Concepts

quartz

crystal

firestone

rock crystal

silica

Synonyms

Feuerstein

Kieselsäure

Quarzglas

Translations

quartz

cuarzo

quarzo

kwarts

χαλαζίας

quartzo

kuvars

مرو

bergkristal

quars

kwartz

cristal de roche

كْوَارْتْز

pedernal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kvaːrts/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: quarz

Cognate with Czech: tvrdý

Cognate with Polish: twardy

In summary

From Middle High German quarz (14th c., Bohemia), probably with the Central German development tw- → qu- (as in quer etc.) from a West Slavic language (compare Czech tvrdý, Polish twardy), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).