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*''elite'' from Aramaic עליתא ''ʕelitå'' "upper story" | *''elite'' from Aramaic עליתא ''ʕelitå'' "upper story" | ||
*''keen'' meaning 'to wail, to lament' from [[Knánith]] ''kín'' 'weeping, lament', from Hebrew קינה ''*kʼīnā'' 'lament'; a common synonym of 'mourn, lament' in Jewish English, influenced by the Hebrew | *''keen'' meaning 'to wail, to lament' from [[Knánith]] ''kín'' 'weeping, lament', from Hebrew קינה ''*kʼīnā'' 'lament'; a common synonym of 'mourn, lament' in Jewish English, influenced by the Hebrew | ||
*''host'' (first used in a verb sense) from [[Xnánið]] hóst 'hospitality' < Early Modern *hást (trap-bath) < [[Druidic canaanite]] Hast "generosity, kindness" < BH חסד 'grace' (TibH Hésedh) | |||
==Scythian and Iranian== | ==Scythian and Iranian== | ||