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*''dint'' as in ''by dint of'' comes from [[Togarmite]] ''dint'' 'judgment, sentence'.
*''dint'' as in ''by dint of'' comes from [[Togarmite]] ''dint'' 'judgment, sentence'.
*''main'' meaning 'high seas' comes from a Semitic source.
*''main'' meaning 'high seas' comes from a Semitic source.
==Scythian and Iranian==
*''bad'', from Late Middle Persian
*''shelter'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from ḱel-trom
*''curry'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from kʷer-ih₂

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A list of English words not inherited from Proto-Azalic. (with etymologies different from Earth etymologies)

Semitic (non-Arabic)

  • dint as in by dint of comes from Togarmite dint 'judgment, sentence'.
  • main meaning 'high seas' comes from a Semitic source.

Scythian and Iranian

  • bad, from Late Middle Persian
  • shelter, from a Scythian language, ultimately from ḱel-trom
  • curry, from a Scythian language, ultimately from kʷer-ih₂