köken: The source is unknown. Presumably of particularly ancient origin, which may have allowed for derivations from the roots ح ي و (ḥ y w) “living” or ح و ي (ḥ w y) “writhing; containing”—derivations unworkable with transmitted Arabic grammar. However the Northwest Semitic noun-forming suffix -ūt added to Aramaic 𐤇𐤅𐤄 (ḥwh, absolute state) / 𐡇𐡅𐡉𐡄 (ḥwyh) / חויא (ḥiwyā) / ܚܘܝܐ (ḥewyā, “snake”), a…
köken: Etymology tree the BMAC substratebor.? Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas Proto-Iranian *mácyah Middle Persian [script needed] (mʾhyk' /māhīg/) Persian ماهی Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (mʾhyk' /māhīg/), from Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas, possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia), Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya).
köken: From Proto-Turkic *bālïk. Cognate with Kazakh балық (balyq), Southern Altai балык (balïk), Crimean Tatar balıq, Kumyk балыкъ (balıq), Azerbaijani balıq, Turkish balık, Turkmen balyk, Uzbek baliq, Khakas палых (palıx), Shor палық, Western Yugur palïq, paluq, etc.
strange; weird (not normal) · picky; particular (demanding to have things just right) · exquisite (especially fine)
çekim: üstünlük o mais esquisito
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō. Cognate with Spanish exquisito and English exquisite, both false friends.
köken: First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 姑記 (Yale: *kwoki), which already defines it as meaning both 肉 (“meat”) and 魚 (“fish”). In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 고기〮 (Yale: kwòkí). See also Jeju 궤기 (gwegi).
aile: 까마귀 고기를 먹었나, 물 만난 고기, 개고기, 거위고기, 고기구이, 날고기, 닭고기, 돼지고기, 물고기, 불고기
disgust (queasy feeling, like at something potentially contagious, sometimes more or less figuratively) · something disgusting (like a substance or activity or the like) · a lewd or disgusting person
çekim: çoğul äckels · tamlayan äckels
köken: From German Ekel. Attempts to connect with words beyond German have proven futile. Examples include Old English ācol, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌹 (aiwiski), Latin aeger, Old Norse eikinn (“furious”), Sanskrit एजति (ejati, “move; shake; stir”).
fish (cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills) · fish (flesh of the fish used as food) · fish
çekim: çoğul ryby · tamlayan ryby
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *rỳba Old Polish ryba Polish ryba Inherited from Old Polish ryba.
aile: bezrybie, gruba ryba, narybek, ryba maślana, ryba miecz, ryba piła, ryba po grecku, rybak, rybitwa, rybnik
köken: Borrowed from Bulgarian чудат (čudat, “strange, peculiar, bizarre”) or another South Slavic language. May also be related to Albanian çuditshëm.