Where does “indigokarmiini” come from?
indigokarmiini (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.
indigokarmiini (Finnish): indigo carmine
Definitions
- indigo carmine
Ancestry of “indigokarmiini”, step by step
indigokarmiini 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 karmiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karmiini | carmine; Illative singular form of karmini |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | carminium | carmine |
| 3 | Arabic | قِرْمِز | crimson, kermes; kermes |
| 4 | Persian | کرمست | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कृमिज | produced by worms |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कृमि | a worm, insect; "a spider"; a silk-worm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kŕ̥miṣ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kŕ̥miš | worm |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |