Historical and Comparative Linguistics

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Published September 23, 2022 | Version 1.1
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New Etymologies for Andros island, Koriandron, Korallion, Skorodon, Salamandra, Morphe, Malon, Melon, Malva, Malakhe et al.

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A new work and one of my best. Take a look if you like, these are new etymologies for koriandron and skorodon and salamandra, not the ones I published before. For me this new etymology of skorodon is actually my first etymology of skorodon from 2005. Many new etymologies for many "Pre-Greek" Ancient Greek words, many of which or even all of which probably are Pre-Greek, but if so then one or more Pre-Greek languages may have been related to PIE, but not necessarily so. That's a mystery for now. Works like these get us closer to real answers to those questions. 

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I finally have dicovered the actual etymology of Koriandron: it meant "Savory leaves" not "soft leaves". While Andrakhne meant "savory, tart" not "soft, tender". Salamandra meant "poisonous lizard': Salam="poisonous" as indicated so well by Salaminthe="spider". the Fire salamander has toxic skin. New etymologies for melon/malon: mel/mal/*sml="sweet"; new etymologies for malva/malache, for morphe, mermnos/mermnes and many more. Excellent, I finally got these etymologies right after a few years of trying. Try, apply your mind, use those methods---there is much that can be done even without new archaeological discoveries.

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New etymologies for Koriandron, Andrachne, Skorodon, Salamandra Sept 23.pdf

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