Where does “Kínai Népköztársaság” come from?
Kínai Népköztársaság (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kínai, from Hungarian Kína, from Italian China, from Portuguese china, from Medieval Latin Sina, from Latin Sīnae, from Ancient Greek Σῖναι, from Arabic صِين — {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin.
Ancestry of “Kínai Népköztársaság”, step by step
Kínai Népköztársaság traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kínai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kínai | Chinese |
| 2 | Hungarian | Kína | China |
| 3 | Italian | China | slope, decline, descent |
| 4 | Portuguese | china | a woman, especially one of Native American... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | Sina | — |
| 6 | Latin | Sīnae | the Chinese, specifically |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σῖναι | the southern Chinese |
| 8 | Arabic | صِين | — |
| 9 | Pahlavi | čīn | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | चीन | the Chinese people; China; a bandage for the... |
| 11 | Old Chinese | 秦 | {{w|Qin |State of Qin}}, {{w|Qin dynasty}}; Qin |
via Hungarian népköztársaság
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | népköztársaság | people's republic |
| 2 | Hungarian | köztársaság | republic |
| 3 | Hungarian | társaság | company, party, companionship; company,... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -aság | -dom, -ness, -ity. Added to an adjective, noun or... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ság | -dom, -ness, -ity. Added to an adjective, noun or... |