Where does “indigoblau” come from?
indigoblau (German) comes from German Indigo, from Spanish índigo, from Latin indicum, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁.
indigoblau (German): indigo
Definitions
- indigo
Ancestry of “indigoblau”, step by step
indigoblau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Indigo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Indigo | indigo, a dye; "Indigofera", plant traditionally... |
| 2 | Spanish | índigo | indigo; indigo plant |
| 3 | Latin | indicum | genitive plural of index; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | Indicus | of India |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἰνδικός | Indian, Indic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 9 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 12 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via German Blau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blau | the colour blue; a particular tone of blue; a... |
| 2 | Middle High German | blā | blue |
| 3 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |