Where does “Apfelsinensaft” come from?

Apfelsinensaft (German) comes from German Apfelsine, from Low German Appelsina, from Dutch appelsien, from Dutch China, from Portuguese china, from Medieval Latin Sina, from Latin Sīnae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι — {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin.

Apfelsinensaft (German): orange juice

Definitions

  1. orange juice

Ancestry of “Apfelsinensaft”, step by step

Apfelsinensaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Apfelsine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanApfelsineorange
2Low GermanAppelsina—
3Dutchappelsienorange
4DutchChina—
5Portuguesechinaa woman, especially one of Native American...
6Medieval LatinSina—
7LatinSīnaethe Chinese, specifically
8Ancient GreekΣῖναιthe southern Chinese
9Arabicصِين—
10Pahlavičīn—
11Sanskritचीनthe Chinese people; China; a bandage for the...
12Old Chinese秦{{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin

via German Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste
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