Where does “vestindisk” come from?
vestindisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål indisk, from Latin Indicus, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan síndʰuṣ.
vestindisk (Norwegian Bokmål): West Indian
Definitions
- West Indian
Ancestry of “vestindisk”, step by step
vestindisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål indisk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | indisk | Indian |
| 2 | Latin | Indicus | of India |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἰνδικός | Indian, Indic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 10 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål vest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vest | west; a waistcoat |
| 2 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 3 | French | veste | jacket |
| 4 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |