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Interestingly, in Dutch, the word is "Appelsien" according to Wikipedia, which seems quite unrelated to any word like "Orange" - this in a country where the roy

• schoen 8y ago
  This is from a tendency in Germanic languages (and maybe others) to call the orange a "Chinese apple".
  • feulix 8y ago
    The word "sinaasappel" is much more common, which sounds a lot more like the Chinese apple you're referring to than "appelsien". The latter is used in a brand name for fruit juice (used to be exclusively orange juice). Besides that it's practically not used in modern Dutch.
    • irishsultan 8y ago
      Both sinaasappel and appelsien are derived from chinese apple (from dutch wikipedia: De sinaasappel komt oorspronkelijk uit China (in de oude vorm: Sina), waar ook de naam naar verwijst. In het vroegnieuwnederlands komt "appel sina" voor, in het nieuwnederlands "appelsien"). (Also in flemish appelsien is used far more than sinaasappel).
• nisse72 8y ago
  In Swedish as well. The fruit is apelsin. The colour is traditionally brandgul (fire yellow) but orange (pronounced like in french?) is not uncommon.
• chlvsl 8y ago
  Russian as well. It's from silk road merchants calling oranges "chinese apples".