Talk:sulfur

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There is a conflict with the translation to Chinese.

I hope somebody smarter than me can resolve it.Polyglot 00:09, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Someone help change the English pronunciation to standard IPA format. What kind of pronunciation is that?! Minor Editor 08:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

color

Tagging another dubious color entry where sulfur is listed as an adjective. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:52, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Etymology

The etymology here says the Latin word is "of uncertain origin", but the etymology at the Latin entry (or at least the first part of it) is expressed with unqualified certainty, viz:

• From a Hellenisation of earlier sulpur, from the root *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with English salve, Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís, “cleaned melted butter”), सृप्र (sṛprá, “greasy, smooth”), Tocharian B ṣalype (“ointment”), and perhaps ἔλπος (élpos, “?olive oil, fat”) or Ancient Greek ὄλπη (ólpē, “flask for oil”). Sonofcawdrey 09:26, 8 September 2022‎ (UTC)

Andrew Szydlo, in his talk The volcanic chemistry of sulfur, says that the Latin word comes from the Sanskrit "Sulvari" (according to https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shulvari: Śulvāri (शुल्वारि).—sulphur). I cannot verify this, but it seems plausible. --Tombolano (talk) 18:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)