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
Words derived from “cashmere”