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In my language, red (červený) has very similar stem as worm (červ).
by dvh 11y ago
In my language, red (červený) has very similar stem as worm (červ).
- smcl 11y agoDo you know if the months červenec & červen are related to the words for red or worm? edit: or maybe you're not Czech and these months have different word in your language :)
- pmr_ 11y agoThe Wikipedia article linked in another reply to parent confirms that. The months in which the worms were harvested were named after the worms.
- dchest 11y agoDue to these poor guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cochineal#Linguistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cochineal#Linguistics
- mormegil 11y agoNot only "similar stem", they are cognates, as red dye was made from worms. But we also have "rudý" for "dark red".
- odiroot 11y agoSame for Polish.