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[Language] Etymology map of "garlic" (dormi.zone)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On the Isle of Man they be like "I'll have half a kilo of XXX"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very interesting map. I do have a problem with Romanian "Ai" being colored gray (other).

It is clearly related to ail, allium, aglio, ajo, allo, and thus, like most of the Romanian language, latin.

EDIT: Just saw "Usturoi". But they also say "Ai"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What is "waitlok" suppose to be? That is not a swedish word, some superlocal dialect?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Serbo-croat and scandinavian are basically the same