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*''siren'' from Togarmite ''seiran'' 'alarm, smoke signal' from the root √s-(j)-r 'to call, to warn' (hypothetical cognate to Hebrew שר ''shar'' 'to sing').
*''siren'' from Togarmite ''seiran'' 'alarm, smoke signal' from the root √s-(j)-r 'to call, to warn' (hypothetical cognate to Hebrew שר ''shar'' 'to sing').
*''weird'' from Togarmic ''wierd'' 'conspicuous' < OTog wėrēd, active participle of warād 'to appear, to descend'
*''weird'' from Togarmic ''wierd'' 'conspicuous' < OTog wėrēd, active participle of warād 'to appear, to descend'
*''sir'' via Padmanābha ''sar'', from OTog ''šar'' /ʂar/ 'lord' ~ Biblical Hebrew שר ''śar'' 'prince, ruler'
*''sir'' via Padmanābha ''sar'' /s̺­ɐr/, from OTog ''šar'' /ʃar/ 'lord' ~ Biblical Hebrew שר ''śar'' 'prince, ruler'


==Scythian and Iranian==
==Scythian and Iranian==

Revision as of 14:37, 14 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 from Togarmite dint 'judgment, sentence', from the root √d-(j)-n 'to opine, to judge'
  • main meaning 'high seas' from Togarmite mein 'water' (cognate to Hebrew מים máyim)
  • siren from Togarmite seiran 'alarm, smoke signal' from the root √s-(j)-r 'to call, to warn' (hypothetical cognate to Hebrew שר shar 'to sing').
  • weird from Togarmic wierd 'conspicuous' < OTog wėrēd, active participle of warād 'to appear, to descend'
  • sir via Padmanābha sar /s̺­ɐr/, from OTog šar /ʃar/ 'lord' ~ Biblical Hebrew שר śar 'prince, ruler'

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
  • island, from Norman isle and Gaulish landā

Padmanábha

  • dance, from dannsa, from the root dann (rhythm; onomatopoetic)
  • wife from waeph (lady, Mrs.)