Where does “Cashmere” come from?
Cashmere (English) comes from Hindi कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्यपमीर, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.
Ancestry of “Cashmere”, step by step
Words derived from “Cashmere”