Where does “cachemire” come from?
cachemire (French) comes from Sanskrit कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्यपमीर, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.
cachemire (French): cashmere
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