Where does “orangerot” come from?

orangerot (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.

orangerot (German): tangerine

Definitions

  1. tangerine

Ancestry of “orangerot”, step by step

orangerot 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 rōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrōt
2Middle High Germanrōtred, red-haired
3Old High Germanrōtred, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu