Fisherman

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Hajro Harapi - bisexual king of the Adriatic 🩷💜💙

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《 Hajro 》
My original character reference sheet and description

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My characters, some already introduced and some not, and their names
(Each one introduced below)

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Character portraits - Hajro Harapi

Hajro is a fisherman from a south Adriatic coastal city. He spends most of his time fishing on the sea, while other times socialising with townsfolk. Hajro is a zduhać/drangue, but he is not completely capable of controlling his powers.

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Birch” comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/birch-from-PIE-bherh1g.wav
(ignoring the suffix -eh₂ [a])

*bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂- also developed into Lithuanian beržas:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-Lithuanian-berZas.wav

and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian breza:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-BCMS-breza.wav

Image from
https://www.aromatica.hr/kategorije-proizvoda/vase-zdravlje/ljekovito-bilje/breza-list-30-g-betulae-folium-list/

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wain” comes from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰ-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wain-from-PIE-wogh.wav

(Wag(g)on is a loan from Middle Dutch.)

*woǵʰ- also developed into Sanskrit वह्नि vahni “team of draft animals”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-Sanskrit-vahni.wav

and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian voz “train, wagon”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-BCMS-voz.wav

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