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You can't just make up etymology
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 66499416:MV8yNzkwNDg2XzQ4ODE0NzgyXzc2MThDMjZF] [quote:Vala:MV8yNzkwNDg2XzQ4ODE0NTAwXzUzNEJGRDI0] So if I pull some text books from the attic, will it be too boring to cite from? [/quote] Go for it. Might be interesting. [/quote]
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I mean, I appreciate the effort.
But, just because words sound similar does not mean they are related ... at all. They have to have some serious meaningful and historical (even alternative) link.
I read in another thread:
"Czar
Tzar
Cesar
Kzar".
Really?
Czar and Cesar actually are etymologically linked.
What is "Tzar"? Hebrew / Syrian / Phoenician yields "trouble". Does it have an indo relation? Is this even a word?
Kzar -- the relationship between c and k doesn't make
any kind of sense
outside of modern englishy language.
Point being: You can't just
decide
that a relationship exists simply because you just thought of it. Good etymology requires bravery
and
research.
Thank you.
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