Linguistics discussion (split from new factions thread)

[Ibrahim]

Yep, think about the English mouton, pork, brother...? It may not have been as much of a loan word as a new vogue?

It even happens in Arabic: try jundiy, for example (pl. Jund), batreeq(patriarch), grafe(tie), firdaws(heaven), and bashar(people). all are used regularly in the arab world, but none are native to arabic. 2 are persian, one is hebrew, one is greek, and one is french.

the inevitable conclusion: words get borrowed, even if they are for casual purposes. (I'll admit grafe is from my dialect, not written arabic)

[paullus]

i'll note we're already using several getic/thracian terms where they exist (eg mezenai), and we'd like to include more where they verifiably exist (ie, we're not going to use terms from questionable sources).