Where does “indigokardinaali” come from?

indigokardinaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish indigo, from Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo, from Latin indicum, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός.

indigokardinaali (Finnish): indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea blue bunting of North America

Definitions

indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea blue bunting of North America

Ancestry of “indigokardinaali”, step by step

indigokardinaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish indigo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	indigo	indigo color
2	Swedish	indigo	indigo (color)
3	Spanish	índigo	indigo; indigo plant
4	Latin	indicum	genitive plural of index; inflection of...
5	Latin	Indicus	of India
6	Ancient Greek	ἰνδικός	Indian, Indic
7	Ancient Greek	Ἰνδία	—
8	Ancient Greek	Ἰνδός	an inhabitant of India or the Indian...
9	Old Persian	𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁	India; people living beyond the Indus
10	Sanskrit	सिन्धु	a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea
11	Proto-Indo-Aryan	síndʰuṣ	river, ocean; flow
12	Proto-Indo-Iranian	síndʰuš	river, stream
13	Sanskrit	सिन्धु॑	—

via Finnish kardinaali

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kardinaali	cardinal
2	Latin	cardinālis	of or pertaining to a door hinge
3	Latin	cardō	hinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times
4	Latin	carduus	a wild thistle; the artichoke
5	Proto-Indo-European	ḱers-	to run

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