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*''fellow'' from OTog ''φallāh'' | *''fellow'' from OTog ''φallāh'' | ||
*''sure, ensure, assure, insure'' from Togarmite ''yšur'' (related to Hebrew אישר ''ʔiššér'' 'to confirm' and אשר ''ʔăšer'' 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 ''anúj'' 'angst', originally 'suffering' in Early Modern Togarmite but it fell out of use and was revived as a philosophical term meaning 'existential angst'; in turn borrowed from Old | *''ennui'' from Togarmite ''anúj'' 'angst', originally 'suffering' in Early Modern Togarmite but it fell out of use and was revived as a philosophical term meaning 'existential angst'; in turn borrowed from Old Xnánið ''ąnúy'', inherited from Hebrew עינוי ''(hā-)ʕinnuy'' 'torment, torture' (root ʕ-n-y "poor, affliction", doublet of native Togarmite ''ȝanėþ'' 'to need') | ||
*''elite'' from Aramaic עליתא ''ʕelitå'' "upper story" | *''elite'' from Aramaic עליתא ''ʕelitå'' "upper story" | ||
*''keen'' meaning 'to wail, to lament' from [[ | *''keen'' meaning 'to wail, to lament' from [[Xnánið]] ''kín'' 'weeping, lament', from Hebrew קינה ''*kʼīnā'' 'lament'; a common synonym of 'mourn, lament' in Jewish English, influenced by the Hebrew | ||
*''host'' (first used as a verb 'to provide hospitality') from [[Xnánið]] ''hóst'' 'hospitality, accommodation; things provided for such purpose' < Early Modern ''*hást'' (trap-bath) < [[Druidic Canaanite]] ''Hast'' "generosity, kindness" < Biblical Hebrew חסד 'grace' (TibH '' | *''host'' (first used as a verb 'to provide hospitality') from [[Xnánið]] ''hóst'' 'hospitality, accommodation; things provided for such purpose' < Early Modern ''*hást'' (trap-bath) < [[Druidic Canaanite]] ''Hast'' "generosity, kindness" < Biblical Hebrew חסד 'grace' (TibH ''ħéseḋ'') | ||
*''dude'' from [[Xnánið]] ''túd'', from Hebrew דוד *dōd | |||
==Scythian and Iranian== | ==Scythian and Iranian== |
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