Where does “cashmere” come from?
Cashmere comes from Hindi कश्मीर, derived from Sanskrit कश्मीर, which is traced to Sanskrit मेरु and ultimately to Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas.
cashmere (English): Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of...
Definitions
- Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of...
Ancestry of “cashmere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Cashmere | A breed of goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) raised for its hair |
| 2 | Hindi | कश्मीर | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कश्मीर | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कश्यपमीर | Kashmir |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कश्यप | a tortoise; having black teeth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kaśyápas | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kaćyápas | turtle |
Words derived from “cashmere”