Where does “ચીની” come from?

ચીની (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati -ઈ, from Sanskrit -इका, from Sanskrit -इक, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

ચીની (Gujarati): Chinese

Definitions

  1. Chinese

Ancestry of “ચીની”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gujarati-ઈforms adjectives from nouns; of or pertaining to
2Sanskrit-इकाone who does; -er
3Sanskrit-इकadjectival suffix; doer
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Sanskrit -इक →Every word from Sanskrit -इका →