July theme: Architecture 🏛️
I was preparing a family this week that I thought included the English word, wall. But as I researched it, I found that English wall is from Germanic *wallą from Latin vallum, but it is Germanic *waigaz (meaning "wall", no direct relation) that connects to the family I was preparing. Latin vallum is from a different source, one I will do a different time. (One much to big to do in a rush!)
I took the opportunity to do a combine in one post a few small-but-interesting families with architecture words that I had done preliminary research on, before concluding each was too small to a weekly family on its own. But now, they get to shine!
Teaser
Three small families: minaret, adobe, and arch
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic *nur-
fire
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Chadic *nVr
ash
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Central Chadic
- Gude ŋira-ḍu
ash, coal
- Gude ŋira-ḍu
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West Chadic
- Boghom nwur-ǝŋ
ash
- Boghom nwur-ǝŋ
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Semitic *nūr-
fire, light
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Central Semitic
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Arabic نُور nūr
light
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Arabic نَار nār
fire
- Maltese nar
fire
- Maltese nar
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Northwest Semitic
- Aramaic נורא nūrā
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Canaanite
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Hebrew נוּר nūr
shining fire, light
- Hebrew נֵר ner
candle, single-wick lamp
- Hebrew נֵר ner
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- Ugaritic 𐎐𐎗 nīru
fire
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Central Semitic
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Arabic مَنَارَة manāra
lighthouse, beacon, minaret
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Persian مناره menâre
minaret
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Ottoman Turkish مناره minare
- Turkish minare
minaret
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French minaret
- English minaret
- Turkish minare
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Northwest Semitic
- Aramaic מְנָרְתָא mənārəṯā
candlestick, lighthouse
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Canaanite
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Hebrew מְנוֹרָה m'norá
light, lamp, menorah
- English menorah
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- Aramaic מְנָרְתָא mənārəṯā
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East Semitic
- Akkadian 𒉡𒌨 nûru
light
- Akkadian 𒉡𒌨 nûru
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South Semitic
- Old South Arabian 𐩬𐩥𐩧 nwr
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Egyptian 𓅙𓃀𓏏𓊌 ḏbt
brick, block, ingot
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Demotic Egyptian tb
brick
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Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ tobǝ
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Arabic طُوب ṭūb
brick, backed brick, adobe
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Spanish adobe
adobe
- English adobe
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Unknown substrate
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Balto-Slavic
- Latvian ẽrcis
juniper
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Slavic
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East Slavic
- Russian раки́та rakíta
willow, sallow, broom
- Russian раки́та rakíta
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South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian српски rakita
purple willow
- Serbo-Croatian српски rakita
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- Latvian ẽrcis
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Hellenic
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀪𐀏 e-ri-ka
willow
- Ancient Greek ἄρκευθος árkeuthos
juniper, cedar
- Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀪𐀏 e-ri-ka
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Northwest Indo-European *h₂érkʷo-
bow, arrow
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Celtic
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Brythonic
- Breton gwareg
bow
- Breton gwareg
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Germanic *arhwō
arrow
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East Germanic
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Gothic *𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰 *arƕa
- Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 arƕazna
dart, missile
- Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 arƕazna
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North Germanic
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Old Norse ǫr
arrow
- Icelandic ör
arrow, directed edge (graph theory)
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Old Norse Ǫrvar
- Icelandic Örvar
- Swedish Orvar
- Icelandic ör
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West Germanic
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Old English earh
arrow
- English arrow
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Italic
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Latin arcus
arc, bow, rainbow
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Eastern Romance
- Aromanian arcu
bow
- Romanian arc
bow, arch
- Aromanian arcu
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Western Romance
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Old French arc
bow, arch
- French arc
bow, arc, arch
- English arc
- French arc
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Old French arche
bow, arch
- French arche
- English arch
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Italian arco
bow, arc, arch
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Italian arcata
arcade, span (of a bridge)
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French arcade
arcade
- English arcade
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- Spanish arco
bow, arc, arch
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