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Kobold · German
noun · German
Reading: KO-bolt
A household goblin or troublesome being.. A household goblin or troublesome being.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for Kobold (German) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
German reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry gives German kobold “household goblin” as the source of the mining term. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The entry says Kobold became a Harz Mountains miners’ term for rock that degraded ore and made miners ill. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for Kobold. Batch 05 reading inspection for Kobold
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for German. LanguageTable reference row for German
Kobalt · German
noun · German
Reading: ko-BALT
A mining term for troublesome arsenic- and sulfur-bearing rock.. A mining term for troublesome arsenic- and sulfur-bearing rock.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for Kobalt (German) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
German reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry gives German kobold “household goblin” as the source of the mining term. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The entry says Kobold became a Harz Mountains miners’ term for rock that degraded ore and made miners ill. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
English cobalt is dated to the 1680s as the name of the metal type derived from German mining terminology. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for Kobalt. Batch 05 reading inspection for Kobalt
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for German. LanguageTable reference row for German
cobalt · English
noun · English
Reading: KO-balt
The steel-gray metallic element.. The steel-gray metallic element.
c. 1680 · English cobalt metal term — Reported first-use context; not necessarily the date of coinage or transmission.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry says Kobold became a Harz Mountains miners’ term for rock that degraded ore and made miners ill. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
English cobalt is dated to the 1680s as the name of the metal type derived from German mining terminology. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The source records the color use from 1835. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for cobalt. Batch 05 reading inspection for cobalt
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude
cobalt · English
noun · English
Reading: KO-balt
A blue color associated with cobalt compounds.. A blue color associated with cobalt compounds.
c. 1835 · cobalt blue color sense — Reported first-use context; not necessarily the date of coinage or transmission.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English cobalt is dated to the 1680s as the name of the metal type derived from German mining terminology. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The source records the color use from 1835. cobalt — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for cobalt. Batch 05 reading inspection for cobalt
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude