Where does “Kelet-kínai-tenger” come from?
Kelet-kínai-tenger (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.
Kelet-kínai-tenger (Hungarian): East China Sea
Definitions
- East China Sea
Ancestry of “Kelet-kínai-tenger”, step by step
Kelet-kínai-tenger traces back through 3 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 kelet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kelet | east; marketability; date of dispatch |
| 2 | Hungarian | kel | to get up, rise; to rise; to sprout, shoot, bud,... |
| 3 | Bavarian | Keel | Savoy cabbage |
| 4 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |