Verse:Irta/English/Non-Azalic etyma: Difference between revisions

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 3: Line 3:
==Semitic (non-Arabic)==
==Semitic (non-Arabic)==
*''dint'' as in ''by dint of'' comes from [[Togarmite]] ''dint'' 'judgment, sentence'.
*''dint'' as in ''by dint of'' comes from [[Togarmite]] ''dint'' 'judgment, sentence'.
*''main'' meaning 'high seas' from [[Togarmite]] ''main'' 'water'
*''main'' meaning 'high seas' from [[Togarmite]] ''mein'' 'water'


==Scythian and Iranian==
==Scythian and Iranian==

Revision as of 19:41, 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' from Togarmite mein 'water'

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
  • lawn, from a Goidelic language, ultimately from *lendʰ-
  • island, from Norman isle and Gaulish landā