Where does “sandía” come from?
sandía (Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic سَنْدِيَّة, from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian síndʰuš, from Sanskrit सिन्धु॑.
sandía (Spanish): watermelon
Ancestry of “sandía”, step by step
Words derived from “sandía”