Etymograph

English

Sinkie

From Singapore + -ie.

Formed from Singapore + -ie

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- ‘fortification, city’

Sanskrit पुर ‘fortress, castle, city, town’

Malay Singapura

English Singapore

Today it means

noun Somebody from Singapore; a Singaporean.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sinkie