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The Romance languages did not inherit the Latin word "iecur", which is cognate with the Greek "hepar", both being inherited from PIE. Portuguese: figado Spani
by adrian_b 1y ago
The Romance languages did not inherit the Latin word "iecur", which is cognate with the Greek "hepar", both being inherited from PIE.
Portuguese: figado
Spanish: higado
Catalan: fetge
French: foie
Italian: fegato
Romanian: ficat
all being derived from Late Latin "ficatum", which comes from "ficus", Latin for "fig".
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoOooh, I see what you mean. Thank you—super interesting. Strange that the PIE word made it to Greek and Latin but not German.