Where does “denga” come from?

denga (English) comes from Spanish dengue, from Swahili dinga — sudden attack, seizure.

denga (English): An obsolete unit of currency in Russia equal to...

Definitions

  1. An obsolete unit of currency in Russia equal to...

Ancestry of “denga”, step by step

denga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish dengue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdenguedengue; playacting
2Swahilidingasudden attack, seizure

via Russian деньга

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianденьгаdenga; деньга́ •  f inan; money, dough
Every word from Swahili dinga →Every word from Spanish dengue →