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Why was Kalium renamed to Potassium?
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It was not renamed to Potassium, Potassium is its original name, which derives from potash, which is the ash of burnt plants. Kalium on the other hand is the Neo-Latin derived from arabic *al-qalya*, which also describes the ash of burnt plants.
I don't know why they decided to use Kalium instead of Potassium for the periodic table.