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*''main'' meaning 'high seas' from [[Togarmite]] ''mein'' 'water' (cognate to Hebrew מים ''máyim'') | *''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'). | *''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' | |||
*''sir'' via Padmanábha ''xar'' /ɕar/ 'ruler', from a Semitic source (~ Biblical Hebrew שר ''śar'' 'prince, ruler') | |||
==Scythian and Iranian== | ==Scythian and Iranian== | ||
*''bad'', from Late Middle Persian | *''bad'', from Late Middle Persian |
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