Greek-karpos-Turkish-karpuz

Greek-karpos-Turkish-karpuz

 

Interesting word karpuz = watermelon

A word with an uncertain etymology:

German Wiktionary says:

wahrscheinlich im mykenischen ka-po bezeugt; zudem besteht vermutlich eine Verwandtschaft zu lateinisch carpere ^→ la, althochdeutsch herbist ^→ goh(neuhochdeutsch Herbst) und litauisch kerpti ^{→ lt[1][2]}

(probably attested in the Mycenaean ka-po; there is also probably a relationship to Latin carpere → la, Old High German herbist → goh (New High German Herbst) and Lithuanian kerpti → lt[1][2])

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Nisanyan points in addition to its possible Greek origin, 2 Turkish words out> 

kar-buz (Kar: snow / buz: ice) 

 And he adds that the Armenian and Georgian words have similar etymology: 

Armenian ձմերուկ karpuz < ձմեռ kış (winter) 

Georgian საზამთრო karpuz < ზამთარი kış

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They both have to do with winter like the Turkish 

karpuz > kar (snow) + buz (ice) 

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Interesting?

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