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1. Word Family - Beryl

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   Bangalore, Pavuluri Ganitamu, beryl, brilliant

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   • Dravidian *ūr village, settlement

     • Central Dravidian

       • Kolami ūr village
     • Northern Dravidian

       • Brahui ارآ urā house ^[1]
     • Southern Dravidian

       • Kannada ಊರು ūru town, city, dwelling

         • Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು beṅgaḷūru place name: ?-Town

           • English Bangalore
       • Tamil ஊர் ūr town, village, dwelling, place

         • Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் tañcāvūr place name: Santuary-Town …

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2. Word Family - Tunic

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   cotton, chiton, tunic

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   • Anatolian Neolithic substrate?

     • Eastern substrate *kito flax

       • Sumerian 𒃰 gada flax
       • Sumerian 𒆤 kid cloth mat
       • Akkadian 𒃰 kitu flax

         • Old Armenian կտաւ ktaw flax

           • Armenian Կտավ ktav flax, linen, canvas
       • Ugaritic 𐎖𐎉 qṭ flax, linseed
       • Central substrate *kito-na

         • Aramaic 𐡊𐡉𐡕𐡍𐡀 kittānā linen, flax

           • Aramaic 𐡊𐡉𐡕𐡅𐡍𐡀 kittōnā linen garment, tunic, shirt, layer …

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3. Word Family - Cane

   October theme: Ancient Borrowings 𒅴

   Introduction

   Sumerians and reeds were very influential! (Cuneiform was written with a sharpened reed stylus and was the first writing system, possibly tied with Egyptian hieroglyphs.)

   I love that "canon" and "cannon" are related.

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   cane, cannon, channel, canister, canon

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   • Sumerian 𒄀 gi reed

     • Sumerian …

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4. Word Family - Fabric

   May theme: Cloth 👘

   Introduction

   A small family, apparently from *dʰeh₂bʰ-: "fit together, fitting, make".

   Germanic *(ge)dabaną: "to fit, to be fitting" and Balto-Slavic forms like Lithuanian dabinti: "to decorate, to beautify" and Slavic *dobrъ: "good" are almost certainly related to each other. Likewise Latin faber: "craftsman, maker …

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