Harita

Japanese: harita
Harita

…The Scandinavian words for green, such as green (English) and grün (German), originally share the same etymology as words meaning “to grow” (such as grow), and this is also the color of growing grass. The Sanskrit word harita means both green and yellow, and there are many examples in the Indo-European language family where green and yellow share the same etymology. This is probably because young green is close to yellow. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "harita" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…緑を意味する北欧系の語green(英語),grün(ドイツ語)などはもともと〈育つ〉を意味する語(growなど)と語源を共にし,これもまた伸び育つ草の色である。サンスクリットのharitaは緑とともに黄をも意味するが,インド・ヨーロッパ語族では緑と黄とが語源を共通にする例も多い。これは若緑が黄に近いからであろう。…

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