Where does “Manchurian” come from?

Manchurian is an English adjective derived from Manchuria, the English name for a historical region in northeastern Asia.

Manchurian (English): Pertaining to Manchuria; An inhabitant of...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to Manchuria; An inhabitant of...

Ancestry of “Manchurian”, step by step

Manchurian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Mansiourische

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchMansiourische—
2Dutch-isch-ic; -ian
3German-ischan adjectival suffix, often matching -ic and...
4Middle High German-isch—
5Old High German-iscused to form adjectives
6Proto-West Germanic-iskCreates adjectives from nouns
7Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
8Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

via English Manchuria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishManchuriaThe area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, in modern China and Russia
2ManchuᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠManchu, Manchus; Manchu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from German -isch →