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==Italo-Celtic==
==Italo-Celtic==
*''land'', from Gaulish ''landā''
*''land'', from Gaulish ''landā'' <- *lendʰ
*''lawn'', from a Goidelic language, ultimately from *lendʰ-
*''island'', from Norman ''isle'' and Gaulish ''landā''
*''island'', from Norman ''isle'' and Gaulish ''landā''

Revision as of 19:40, 7 September 2019

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

Italo-Celtic

  • land, from Gaulish landā <- *lendʰ
  • lawn, from a Goidelic language, ultimately from *lendʰ-
  • island, from Norman isle and Gaulish landā