Saturday, August 1, 2026

Pre-Greek-gyris-versus-Proto-Altaic-gure

 

Flour (pic: wiki)

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γῦρις ist a Pre-Greek word with an unclear etymology. It means flour. [1] [2]

Have I said "unclear etymology"?

I have the cure!

Look at Proto-Altaic *gure flour: Mong. *guril; Turk. *Kürüĺ; Jpn. *kuà; Kor. *kằrằ.





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For me it is crystal clear. For you not?

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Uzunbacak Adem 


[1] http://dge.cchs.csic.es/xdge/%CE%B3%E1%BF%A6%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82

[2] https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/86865466/FULL_TEXT.PDF



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