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Fun fact: Tungsten ist W/Volfram in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish where its English name, tung sten meaning "heavy stone", originates from.
Just to clarify, Swedish for "heavy stone" is literally "tung sten".
I don't know if it came around for non Scandinavians.