Where does “Chindia” come from?
Chindia (English) comes from English India, from Old English Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan síndʰuṣ.
Chindia (English): China and India, especially in the context of business and economics
Definitions
- China and India, especially in the context of business and economics
Ancestry of “Chindia”, step by step
Chindia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English India
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | India | A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma |
| 2 | Old English | Indea | India |
| 3 | Latin | India | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 10 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via English China
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | China | A Chinese person; Alternative form of cheyney:... |
| 2 | Portuguese | china | a woman, especially one of Native American... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Sina | — |
| 4 | Latin | Sīnae | the Chinese, specifically |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σῖναι | the southern Chinese |
| 6 | Arabic | صِين | — |
| 7 | Pahlavi | čīn | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | चीन | the Chinese people; China; a bandage for the... |
| 9 | Old Chinese | 秦 | {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin |