Where does “tindagai” come from?
tindagai (Basque) comes from Basque tindatu, from Latin tinctus, from Latin tingō, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European teng- — to think.
tindagai (Basque): dye
Ancestry of “tindagai”, step by step
tindagai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Basque tindatu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Basque | tindatu | to dye |
| 2 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 3 | Latin | tingō | to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse |
| 4 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |
via Basque gai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Basque | gai | material; matter, stuff; topic, subject |
| 2 | Basque | -gai | — |
Words derived from “tindagai”