köken: Borrowed from Aramaic כִיתָנָא / כִיתָאנָא (kittānā) and its Classical Syriac equivalent ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā), both meaning “flax; linen," from which also Arabic كَتّان (kattān, “flax”). The same Aramaic root also gives rise to the apparel-name Aramaic כִּיתּוּנָא (kittōnā) and the Syriac forms ܟܝܬܘܢܐ (kettōnā), and ܟܘܬܝܢܐ (kuttīnā, kottīnā, “tunic”), especially the Classical Syriac byform ܟܘܬܘܢܐ…
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish wełna Middle High German boumwollepcalq. Old Polish bawełna Polish bawełna Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish bawełniany From bawełna + -ny.
köken: From Low German bomwulle. Compare German Baumwolle, from Baum (“tree”) + Wolle (“wool”). Second component has been adapted as uld, making this a partial calque.
köken: Inherited from Proto-South Dravidian *parutti (“cotton”). Cognate with Kannada ಹತ್ತಿ (hatti), Kui (India) ପର୍ତି (parti), Kuvi ପର୍ତି (parti), Kodava ಪರ್ತಿ (parti), Malayalam പരുത്തി (parutti), Kondekor [script needed] (part), Tulu ಪರ್ತಿ (parti) and Telugu ప్రత్తి (pratti).