Germanium: saxefni, hálftin, ofurkísli and blendismelmingur

 Germanium:

So there are four possible names for germanium:

1) saxefni (the element was found in "Saxland" (Saxony) in Germany, so instead of naming it after the whole country, Germany , we can name it after the specific provinc, saxony: SAXONIUM (saxefni)

2) blendismelmingur: Germanium is commercially extracted from the zinc ore "sphalerite"  or "zinc blende"(ZnS). Just like the term "salt" originally designated only NaCl before it's meaning was broadened to designate "substances produced by the reaction of an acid with a base", "blendi" on itself was used for "Sphalerite". In Icelandic "sinkblendi" is used, but one can use "blendi" in Icelandic in the original narrower meaning. The fpur metallic elements, commercially extracted from sphalerite are: gallium (blendisál, closest to aluminium), cadmium (blendissilfur, closest to "silver"), indium (blendistin, closest to "tin") and germanium (blendismelmingur, the only "metalloid" (orðabanki: "málmbróðir", "málmungur", "mélmingur") extracted form "sphalerite"). So "blendismelminger" (I chose a compound with "melmingur" because of the vocal harmony) means "the metalloid in sphalerite".

ofurkísli (eka-silicon, the kind of terminology used by Medelejev before the element was discovered, the heavier brother of silicon)

hálftin (lying between silicon and tin, constructed after the word: hálfþrítugur, which doesn't mean 20 but 35)