Where does “china” come from?
china (French) comes from French chiner, from French chiné, from Persian چینی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
china (French): third-person singular past historic of chiner
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
Ancestry of “china”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chiner | to dye and interweave fabrics |
| 2 | French | chiné | past participle of chiner |
| 3 | Persian | چینی | Chinese; porcelain; china, Chinese ceramics |
| 4 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 6 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |