mercedo wrote today at 9:22 PM
ullangoo saidAnd the word "deus" is STILL not derived from Zeus - which doesn't mean "god" in Greek and never did. I tried looking up the word Zeus in Wikipaedia, then I learned as you wrote the word Deus is not derived from Zeus. Many years ago when I was still in junior high school student, I took it for granted that the name of God in Christianity is Jehovah, I remember I feel really amazed to find the word 'Deus' in the document written by Japanese Catholics in 16 century. I must have mistakenly understood the word Deus is derived from Zeus in Greek mythology because of the similarity in its sound. Judging from Wikipaedia article, Zeus, Ju in Jupiter, Deus, etc are all related to God of sky also a supreme being, that derived from Proto-Indo European language 'diwa' so although Deus is not derived from Zeus, Deus -Ju -Zeus are all derived from the same root, diwa.
As to your first part, Chinese religion or Indian religion, which is older? I will reply to you as soon as possible.