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T-Y-R is also the root in semitic languages (eg, Hebrew and Arabic) related to flying! Maybe not on purpose, but I really like that incidental connection, given
by pinkmuffinere 9mo ago
T-Y-R is also the root in semitic languages (eg, Hebrew and Arabic) related to flying! Maybe not on purpose, but I really like that incidental connection, given the combined reputation of rust and GPU operations for being fast.
Edit: apparently T-Y-R is not a root relating to flight in Hebrew! Maybe other Semitic languages, Im not sure. In Arabic it certainly is
- afdbcreid 9mo agoAs a Hebrew speaker I cannot understand how you came into this conclusion. The closest I can think of is ת-י-ר, which is the root of being in a trip.
- pinkmuffinere 9mo agoOh sorry, i thought it was also in Hebrew but it looks like it is not. I would expect the same root to show up in other Semitic languages, but at least in Arabic it’s ط ي ر
- afdbcreid 9mo agoChatGPT claims that the same or similar root does exist in the meaning "bird" or "to fly" in a lot of other Semitic languages. Interestingly, it also claims that there is some correspondence in Hebrew, in the noun תור (tor) that represents a specific kind of bird (turtledove).
- einpoklum 9mo agoIndeed, in Hebrew, תור (تور, Tor) is the word for turtle-dove.