(I did not make the map, the typo is not my doing.)

  • Successful_Try543
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    10 hours ago

    In German, we also have “Pottasche” as the trivial name of potassium carbonate

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        And pot=pot, so potassium is ‘from the ashpot’ which was how kalium salts were extracted, by adding water to wood ash, then filtering and evaporating the water off.