The English word cow is related to other Germanic words: Icelandic kýr and Swedish ko. These words are also connected to a surprising group of words across other Indo‑European branches thought to derive from a common Proto‑Indo‑European root, *gʷṓws, for example Irish bó, Latvian govs, and Armenian  կով (kov).

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Last map has ants in its pants

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Most European languages are united by a common thread: the word for ant. From the Galician formiga to the Romanian furnică, and from Greek μυρμήγκι (myrmígki) to Finnish muurahainen. Surprising, huh? We can find the traces of a single Proto-Indo-European ancestor: *mórwis.

#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”

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The French term Pâques was borrowed from the Aramaic פסחא (Paskha), which is cognate with the Hebrew פֶּסַח‎ (Pesach). It originally referred to the Jewish festival of Passover, which commemorates the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Later, Paul the Apostle, writing to the Christians in Corinth from Ephesus, reinterpreted the term to refer to Christ, highlighting the connection between Jesus’ resurrection and the themes of liberation and salvation.

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#Dill is an herb originated in North Africa, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula. The name in these regions is Semitic, such as Arabic شبت (šibitt) and Azerbaijani şüyüd. In Europe the plant’s name falls into three main groups. The first group is Germanic-derived, giving English, German and Swedish "dill". This root also appears in some non‑Germanic languages, for example Latvian dilles.

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Spring is found in more than fifteen languages. English, among them, employs “spring” to denote the season when vegetation begins to “spring” forth, or emerge. Before its adoption in English, the word was “Lent”, like in Dutch Lente, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn, literally “longer day” in reference to the lengthening of daylight.

Although now a staple of several European cultures, the potato is not a native plant; it was introduced as patata by the Spanish in the second half of the 16th century following their arrival in the Americas. It was borrowed from the Taíno word batata "sweet potato". As the crop was slowly introduced to the public, this name evolved into the English potato, the Swedish potatis, and the Turkish patates.

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