Where does “キニーネ” come from?

キニーネ (Japanese) comes from Dutch kinine, from French quinine, from Spanish quina, from Latin quina, from Latin quini, from Latin quinque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

キニーネ (Japanese): quinine

Definitions

  1. quinine

Ancestry of “キニーネ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkininequinine
2Frenchquininequinine
3Spanishquinaquinine; toxic wine; double five
4Latinquinanominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative...
5Latinquinifive each; five at a time
6Latinquinquefive; 5
7Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quinque →