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