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*''shelter'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from ḱel-trom
*''shelter'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from ḱel-trom
*''curry'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from kʷer-ih₂
*''curry'', from a Scythian language, ultimately from kʷer-ih₂
==Latin==
*''island'', from Norman ''isle'' + ''land''

Revision as of 19:38, 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

Latin

  • island, from Norman isle + land