Where does “Serindia” come from?
Serindia (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.
Serindia (English): The region between China and India, roughly corresponding to contemporary Xinjiang and adjacent High Asia along the Silk Road
Definitions
- The region between China and India, roughly corresponding to contemporary Xinjiang and adjacent High Asia along the Silk Road
Ancestry of “Serindia”, step by step
Serindia 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 seres
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seres | plural of sere |
| 2 | Latin | Sēres | The Seres, the northern Chinese reached by the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an) as opposed to the Sinae reached by the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), unknown in antiquity to be related to one another |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Σῆρες | a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese,... |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 絲 | silk |