Where does “kínai rigó” come from?
kínai rigó (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.
kínai rigó (Hungarian): Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis)
Definitions
- Chinese thrush (Turdus mupinensis)
Ancestry of “kínai rigó”, step by step
kínai rigó 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 rigó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rigó | thrush; Ellipsis of sárgarigó; Ellipsis of... |