Where does “dunkelorange” come from?

dunkelorange (German) comes from German Orange, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra — date palm.

dunkelorange (German): dark-orange

Definitions

  1. dark-orange

Ancestry of “dunkelorange”, step by step

dunkelorange traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Orange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrangeorange fruit
2FrenchOrangeOrange
3Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
4Old Spanishnaranjaorange
5Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
6Persianنارنگbitter orange
7Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
8Dravidiandra
9Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via German Dünkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDünkelconceit, smugness, arrogance
2Middle High Germantunkel
3Old High Germantunkalīdark, darkness
4Old High German-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntuEvery word from Dravidian draEvery word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग