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TESTICLE
stunner

TESTICLE

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The etymology of the word "testicle" is often traced back to Latin , but mainstream sources rarely explore its potential Kartvelian linguistic conne…

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FUTURE
stunner

FUTURE

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The phrase "Divination by smoke is one of the oldest ways to foresee the future..." highlights the words "SMOKE" and "FUTURE" …

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CARGO/CHARGE
spain

CARGO/CHARGE

Che Tosco March 31, 2025

The word "cargo" as well as its derivative "charge" probably originate from the Georgian "karga" (კარგა), which is sometimes tran…

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HABERE/HAVE
spain

HABERE/HAVE

Che Tosco March 31, 2025

One cannot pass by the word "habaki" (ხაბაკი), which means "possessions", that is, "property". This is the same root as in the &q…

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ITALY
svan

ITALY

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

The official etymologists do not argue with the fact that the true basis of the name is "vital-", and point to the "Vitalii" tribe as the s…

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ROME
stunner

ROME

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Surprisingly, Ariane Chanturia's dictionary contains an incredible entry, overturning a significant part of the historical and linguistic foundations. This…

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LUDUS
latin

LUDUS

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Here is the translation of the "Latin" word "ludus" (put in quotation marks, because there it is also said that the word is supposedly Etru…

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"-ISM" SUFFIX
latin

"-ISM" SUFFIX

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Perhaps everything became clear with the etymology of the suffix "-ism". Its official interpretation is n ot convincing, to put it mildly. At the…

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CHEMISTRY, KIMMERIANS, CHIMERA
ukraine

CHEMISTRY, KIMMERIANS, CHIMERA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Malkhaz Grigolia has published ("Ornati", 2006) a Megrelian wordlist, which includes such cognates as ქიმერი ([kimeri], Creator), ქიმერონ ([kimeron],…

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UNIA
megrelian

UNIA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

It is difficult to analyze Malkhaz Grigolia's wordlist without knowing its sources. For example, there is a word "rau" meaning "king".…

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PECORA
megrelian

PECORA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Many words in our Kartvelian etymological dictionary seem far-fetched but still impeccably argumented. Do you consider a sheep a symbol of beauty? "..Chin…

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BEBER
svan

BEBER

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

And here is the elusive root of the Spanish verb "beber" - "to drink". The Latin variant is "bibere". The root here is Svan &q…

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AD
svan

AD

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

The famous Latin preposition "ad" (per aspera ad astra) is actually Svan. In the Svan dictionary, it is presented in the same sense as in Latin. Rem…

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LITRE
svan

LITRE

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

The word "letre" in Svan (also there is an alternative version "litre" as indicated in the dictionary of Karpez Dondua) is "beverage&…

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USQUE
svan

USQUE

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

Do you remember Svan "ushkv" - "mouth" and Albanian "ushkeva" - "feed"? The Albanians are at a stretched arm distance …

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AS
latin

AS

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

The Roman pound - "as" - with a great deal of probability is the Georgian ასი [asi] - "hundred". It is difficult to say what the hundredth …

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CASSUS
megrelian

CASSUS

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

"Cassus" is Latin for "empty". "Kasua" (კასუა) means "to fill" in Megrelian. The etymology for "case" as wel…

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LINGUA
spain

LINGUA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

"Lingua" is "tongue", as you know. ლინგი [lingi] means "edge" in Georgian. Tongue, to a certain extent, is also an edge. The Ge…

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BUCINA
latin

BUCINA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

In Georgian, ბუკი (buki) means "signal horn". In Latin, "bucina" means the same.

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GANGRENA
ukraine

GANGRENA

Che Tosco March 21, 2025

"Gangrena" may have come from the Georgian masdar "gangreva" - "decay", "breakthrough". This is not a typical project&#…

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