Where does “indien” come from?
indien (French) comes from Middle French indien, from Old French indien, from Old French Inde, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु.
indien (French): Indian
Ancestry of “indien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | indien | — |
| 2 | Old French | indien | Indian |
| 3 | Old French | Inde | India |
| 4 | Latin | India | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 11 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |