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*''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'
*''fellow'' from Arabic ''fellah''
*''fellow'' from Arabic ''fellah''
*''sure, ensure, assure, insure'' from Togarmite ''yšur'' (related to Hebrew אישר '' 'iššér'' 'to confirm' and אשר '' 'ăšer'' a relativizer originally meaning 'place')
*''sure, ensure, assure, insure'' from Togarmite ''yšur'' (related to Hebrew אישר ''ʔiššér'' 'to confirm' and אשר ''ʔăšer'' a relativizer originally meaning 'place')
*''ennui'' from Togarmite ''ȝanuj'' 'need', from ''ȝanė'' 'to need' (~ Hebrew עינה ''ʕinnå'' 'to torture')
*''ennui'' from Togarmite ''ȝanuj'' 'need', from ''ȝanė'' 'to need' (~ Hebrew עינה ''ʕinnå'' 'to torture')



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

Semitic (non-canon)

  • 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'
  • fellow from Arabic fellah
  • sure, ensure, assure, insure from Togarmite yšur (related to Hebrew אישר ʔiššér 'to confirm' and אשר ʔăšer a relativizer originally meaning 'place')
  • ennui from Togarmite ȝanuj 'need', from ȝanė 'to need' (~ Hebrew עינה ʕinnå 'to torture')

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
  • tread, trot; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tregess "foot"

Padmanábha

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