Verse:Irta/English/Non-Azalic etyma
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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 Togarmic ʕannūy 'need, desire' from ʕannė 'to need, to desire' (Modern Togarmite 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.)