Where does “oransje” come from?

oransje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

oransje (Norwegian Nynorsk): orange

Definitions

  1. orange

Ancestry of “oransje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchOrangeOrange
2Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
3Old Spanishnaranjaorange
4Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
5Persianنارنگbitter orange
6Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
7Dravidiandra—
8Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

Words derived from “oransje”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग →