Comments on: Etymology of Japan and China http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/ Machine Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing… Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:53:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blooming http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-226381 Blooming Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:08:12 +0000 http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-226381 Cha is an English word for tea too. It's commonly used in England, e.g. "Would you like a cup of cha?". Cha is an English word for tea too. It’s commonly used in England, e.g. “Would you like a cup of cha?”.

]]> By: Mathieu http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-60115 Mathieu Sun, 25 May 2008 10:07:48 +0000 http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-60115 Interesting coincidence! Thank you for your comment! Interesting coincidence! Thank you for your comment!

]]> By: Dave Froelich http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-53861 Dave Froelich Wed, 07 May 2008 14:21:26 +0000 http://www.mblondel.org/journal/2006/05/27/etymology-of-japan-and-china/#comment-53861 Etymology of the word "China". I am only a casual linguist. When I studied Russian I learned that Russians are proud to pronounce the word for tea the same way as the Chinese, chai, unlike other Europeans. This led me to suspect that the word China means "land of tea". Recently I started looking at Hindi and being close geographically to China I suspected their word for tea might be chai and this turns out to be true. Am I totally off track or might the word China be related to that most desirable product produce in that land? Etymology of the word “China”.

I am only a casual linguist. When I studied Russian I learned that Russians are proud to pronounce the word for tea the same way as the Chinese, chai, unlike other Europeans.

This led me to suspect that the word China means “land of tea”.

Recently I started looking at Hindi and being close geographically to China I suspected their word for tea might be chai and this turns out to be true.

Am I totally off track or might the word China be related to that most desirable product produce in that land?

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