köken: Etymology tree Classical Latin iūniperus Vulgar Latin ziniperus Old French genevreder. Middle Dutch jenever Dutch jeneverder. English genevaclip. English ginbor. Polish dżin Borrowed from English gin.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).
gin (a colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails)
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 京 (“capital”). Doublet of kinh. Originally used by lowlanders to distinguish themselves from those from the highlands, whom they dubbed người Trại (“outpost people”) or người Mường (“mountain villagers”). Muong speakers (or at least, speakers of Mường Bi) call Vietnamese Chỡ (literally “market”), also referring to their capital Kẻ Chợ.
köken: Borrowed from English gin, an abbreviation of geneva, itself an alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”). Compare German Gin, Polish dżin, Russian джин (džin), Yiddish דזשין (dzhin), Italian gin.