Saturday, February 11, 2023

English-Other-Turkic-Adir

 



Acc. to Wiktionary the English word "OTHER" has this etymology: 


Etymology[edit]

From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (other, second), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar*anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (other, second), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (other).

Cognate with Scots utherither (other)Old Frisian ōther("other"; > North Frisian üđerööderouder)Old Saxon ōthar (other)Old High German ander (other)Old Norse annarrǫðr-aðr- (other, second)Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþarother)Old Prussian antersantars (other, second)Lithuanian antroks (otherpronoun)Latvianotrsotrais (second)Macedonian втор (vtor, "second"), 

Albanian ndërroj (to change, switch, alternate)Sanskrit अन्तर (ántaradifferent)Sanskrit अन्य (anyáother, different).


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Very interesting is the Turkic word "AD", meaning diversity, difference, gap.

Turkic verb adır- means to separate, to sort.


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>Old Turkic adır (read it like odder "other " without th sound) 

It means "other".


Look at the other variations of the word in many Turkic dialects:





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Tantalizing, isn't it?


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