Where does “kinin” come from?
kinin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English quinine, 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.
kinin (Serbo-Croatian): quinine
Ancestry of “kinin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | quinine | A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived... |
| 2 | French | quinine | quinine |
| 3 | Spanish | quina | quinine; toxic wine; double five |
| 4 | Latin | quina | nominative neuter plural of quīnī; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | quini | five each; five at a time |
| 6 | Latin | quinque | five; 5 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |