User:Rua/Modern Germanic

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Imagine what things would have been like if people still spoke the old Germanic language. Of course a modern language would need words for modern concepts. What words would they use for things that didn't exist two thousand years ago? I've made a short list of words that those people might have coined if they still lived today.

If you have any to add, go right ahead!

Electronics

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Social media

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Computing

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Sport

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Transport

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Sciences

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Branches

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Scientists

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Particles

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Elements

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Other materials

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Epidemiology/pathology

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Evolutionary theory

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Taxonomy

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Animals

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Chordate
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Dinosauria
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Mammal
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Primate
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Hominidae
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Homo
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Ursidae
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Plants

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Fungi

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Astronomy

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Units

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Planets

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Stars

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  • Sun:
  • Sirius:
    • *Sīrijaz m (Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios))
    • *Alfō Kaniz Majōriz n
  • Canopus:
    • *Kanōpaz m (Latin Canopus)
    • *Alfō Karīnōz n
  • Alpha Centauri:
    • *Alfō Kentauras n
    • *Regelaz Kentauraz m (Arabic رِجْل (rijl) via Ancient Greek *Ρεγελος)
    • *Zalīmānaz m (Arabic الظَّلِيمَان (aẓ-ẓalīmān) via Ancient Greek *Ζαλειμᾱνος)
    • *Pruhsimō Kentauras f (Latin proximus)
  • Arcturus:
  • Vega:
    • *Wākijaz m (Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) via Ancient Greek *Ουᾱκεος)
    • *Alfō Lirōz n
  • Capella:
    • *Kapellō f (Latin capella)
    • *Alfō Aurīgōz n
    • *Alfō Auzejakōz n
  • Rigel:
    • *Regelaz m (Arabic رِجْل (rijl) via Ancient Greek *Ρεγελος)
    • *Bētō Ōrījaz n
  • Procyon:
    • *Prukjô m (Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn))
    • *Alfō Kaniz Minōriz n
  • Achernar:
    • *Āherannaraz m (Arabic آخر النهر via Ancient Greek *Ᾱχερανναρος)
    • *Alfō Ēridanas n
  • Betelgeuse:
    • *Iftalgauzāaz m (Arabic إبط الجوزاء via Ancient Greek *Εβταλγαυζᾱος)
    • *Jadalgauzāaz m (Arabic يد الجوزاء via Ancient Greek *Ιαδαλγαυζᾱος)
    • *Alfō Ōrījaz n

Satellites

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Constellations

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Mathematics

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Linguistics

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Germanic languages

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Grammar

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Case

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Gender

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Mood

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Number

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Parts of speech

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Person

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Tense

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Voice

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Phonology

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Philosophy

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Politics

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Economics

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Foreign/modern food

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By necessity, a lot of these are loanwords rather than constructed from native roots.

Military

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Ground

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Sea

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Countries

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Africa

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Asia

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America

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Oceania

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Europe

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Regions/provinces

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Asia

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India

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Oman

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  • Ad Dakhiliyah:
    • *Addāhilījō f (Arabic الداخلية via Ancient Greek *Αδδᾱχελεια)
  • Ad Dhahirah:
  • Al Batinah:
    • *Albātinō f (Arabic الباطنة via Ancient Greek *Αλβᾱτενᾱ)
  • Al Wusta:
    • *Alwustāz m (Arabic الوسطى via Ancient Greek *Αλουοστας)
  • Ash Sharqiyah:
    • *Assarhījō f (Arabic الشرقية via Ancient Greek *Ασσαρχεια)
  • Dhofar:
    • *Zufāraz m (Arabic ظفار via Ancient Greek *Ζοφᾱρος)
  • Musandam:
    • *Musandamaz m (Arabic مسندم via Ancient Greek *Μοσανδαμος)

Pakistan

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Saudi Arabia

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  • Asir:
  • Hejaz:
  • Najd:
    • *Nagdaz m (Arabic نَجْدٌ‎ (najdun) via Ancient Greek *Ναγδος)

Yemen

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  • Hadramaut:
    • *Adramauþaz f (Arabic حضرموت via Ancient Greek *Αδραμαυθος)
  • Socotra:
    • *Sukutrāz f (Arabic سقطرى via Ancient Greek *Σοκοτρᾱς)

Europe

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Germany

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The Netherlands

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Portugal

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Spain

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Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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North America

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Canada

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Oceania

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Australia

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Cities

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Africa

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Algeria

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  • Algiers:
    • *Algāsirôz f pl (Arabic الجزائر via Ancient Greek *Αλγᾱζεραι)
  • Constantine:
  • Oran:

Egypt

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  • Alexandria:
  • Aswan:
  • Cairo:
  • Giza:
    • *Gīsō f (Arabic الجيزة via Ancient Greek *Γῑζᾱ)
  • Mansoura:
  • Port Said:
    • *Purtuz Sajīdaz m (Latin portus + Arabic سعيد via Ancient Greek *Σαῑδος)
  • Suez:
    • *Suwaisaz m (Arabic السويس via Ancient Greek *Σουαισος)

Libya

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Mauritania

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  • Nouakchott:
    • *Nuwāhsūtaz m (Arabic نواكشوط via Ancient Greek *Νουᾱξουτος)

Morocco

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  • Casablanca:
  • Fez:
    • *Fāsaz m (Arabic فاس (fās) via Ancient Greek *Φᾱσος)
  • Marrakesh:
    • *Murrahusaz m (Arabic مراكش via Ancient Greek *Μορραχοσος)
  • Meknes:
    • *Mihnāsaz m (Arabic مكناس via Ancient Greek *Μεχνᾱσος)
  • Rabat:
  • Tangier:

Somalia

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  • Mogadishu:
    • *Makadīsūz m (Arabic مقديشو‎ via Ancient Greek *Μακαδῑσους)

Sudan

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Tunisia

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  • Sfax:
    • *Sifākisaz m (Arabic صفاقس via Ancient Greek *Σιφᾱκεσος)
  • Sousse:
    • *Sūsō f (Arabic سوسة via Ancient Greek *Σουσᾱ)
  • Tunis:
    • *Þūnisaz m (Arabic تونس‎ via Ancient Greek *Θουνεσος)

Asia

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Afghanistan

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  • Ghazni:
    • *Gaznīz m (Arabic غزني via Ancient Greek *Γαζνῑς)
  • Herat:
    • *Erāþaz m (Arabic هرات via Ancient Greek *Ερᾱθος)
  • Jalalabad:
    • *Galālābādaz m (Arabic جلال آباد via Ancient Greek *Γαλᾱλᾱβᾱδος)
  • Kabul:
    • *Hābulaz m (Arabic کابل via Ancient Greek *Χᾱβολος)
  • Kandahar:
    • *Kandaāraz m (Arabic قندهار‎ via Ancient Greek *Κανδαᾱρος)
  • Khost:
    • *Hausþaz m (Arabic خوست‎ via Ancient Greek *Χαυσθος)
  • Kunduz:
    • *Kundūzaz m (Arabic قندوز‎ via Ancient Greek *Κονδουζος)
  • Mazar-i-Sharif:
    • *Mazārisarīfaz m (Arabic مزار شریف via Ancient Greek *Μαζᾱρεσαρῑφος)
  • Puli Khumri:
    • *Fulikumbrīz m (Arabic پلخمری via Ancient Greek *Φολεχομβρῑς)
  • Taloqan:
    • *Tālukānaz m (Arabic طالقان via Ancient Greek *Τᾱλοκᾱνος)

Bahrain

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  • Manama:

Bangladesh

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  • Barisal:
  • Chittagong:
  • Dhaka:
    • *Dākō f (ঢাকা (ḍhaka) via Ancient Greek *Δᾱκᾱ)
  • Khulna:
  • Mymensingh:
  • Rajshahi:
  • Rangpur:
    • *Rampuraz m (রংপুর (roṅpur) via Ancient Greek *Ραμπορος)
  • Sylhet:

India

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  • Agartala:
    • *Agaratalō f (शिमला (śimlā) via Ancient Greek *Αγαραταλᾱ)
  • Ahmedabad:
  • Aizawl:
  • Amaravati:
  • Bengaluru:
    • *Bangalauraz m (बंगलौर (baṅglaur) via Ancient Greek *Βαγγαλαυρος)
  • Bhopal:
  • Bhubaneswar:
  • Chandigarh:
  • Chennai:
  • Daman:
    • *Damanaz m (दमन (daman) via Ancient Greek *Δαμανος)
  • Dehradun:
  • Delhi:
  • Dharamshala:
    • *Darmasālō f (शिमला (śimlā) via Ancient Greek *Δαρμασᾱλᾱ)
  • Dimapur:
  • Dispur:
  • Faridabad:
  • Gairsain:
  • Gandhinagar:
    • *Gāndīnagaraz m (बंगलौर (baṅglaur) via Ancient Greek *Γᾱνδειναγαρος)
  • Gangtok:
  • Guwahati:
  • Hyderabad:
  • Imphal:
  • Indore:
  • Itanagar:
    • *Ītānagaraz m (ईटानगर (īṭāngar) via Ancient Greek *Ειτᾱναγαρος)
  • Jaipur:
    • *Zajapuraz m (जयपुर (jaypur) via Ancient Greek *Ζαιαπορος)
  • Jammu:
  • Jamshedpur:
  • Kanpur:
  • Kargil:
  • Kavaratti:
  • Kochi:
  • Kolkata:
  • Kohima:
  • Leh:
    • *Glēz m (གླེ (gle) via Ancient Greek *Γλης)
    • *Lēaz m (लेह (leh) via Ancient Greek *Ληος)
  • Lucknow:
    • *Lahanaūz m (लखनऊ (lakhnaū) via Ancient Greek *Λαχαναους)
  • Ludhiana:
  • Mumbai:
    • *Mumbaīz m (मुंबई (mumbaī) via Ancient Greek *Μομβαεις)
  • Nagpur:
  • Panaji:
    • *Panazīz m (पणजी (paṇjī) via Ancient Greek *Παναζεις)
  • Patna:
    • *Patanō f (पटना (paṭnā) via Ancient Greek *Πατανᾱ)
  • Pondicherry:
  • Raipur:
  • Ranchi:
    • *Rānsīz m (राँची (rā̃cī) via Ancient Greek *Ρᾱνσεις)
  • Shillong:
  • Shimla:
  • Srinagar:
  • Thiruvananthapuram:
  • Visakhapatnam:

Iran

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  • Ahvaz:
  • Esfahan:
    • *Isfānaz m (Arabic اصفهان via Ancient Greek *Εσφαᾱνας)
  • Karaj:
    • *Haragaz m (Arabic كرج via Ancient Greek *Χαραγος)
  • Mashhad:
    • *Masadaz m (Arabic مشهد via Ancient Greek *Μασαδος)
  • Qom:
    • *Kumaz m (Arabic قم via Ancient Greek *Κομος)
  • Shiraz:
    • *Sīrāsaz m (Arabic شيراز via Ancient Greek *Σῑρᾱζος)
  • Tabriz:
    • *Þabrīsaz m (Arabic تبريز via Ancient Greek *Θαβρῑζος)
  • Tehran:
    • *Terānaz m (Arabic طهران via Ancient Greek *Τερᾱνος)

Iraq

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  • Baghdad:
    • *Bagdādaz m (Arabic بغداد via Ancient Greek *Βαγδᾱδος)
  • Basra:
    • *Basrō f (Arabic البصرة via Ancient Greek *Βασρᾱ)
  • Erbil:
  • Mosul:
    • *Mausilaz m (Arabic الموصل via Ancient Greek *Μαυσελος)

Jordan

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  • Amman:
    • *Ammānaz m (Arabic عَمّان (ʕammān) via Ancient Greek *Αμμᾱνος)
  • Aqaba:

Kyrgyzstan

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  • Bishkek:
    • *Bīshihaz m (Arabic بيشكك via Ancient Greek *Βῑσχεχος)
  • Osh:
    • *Ōsaz m (Arabic أوش via Ancient Greek *Ωσος)

Lebanon

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  • Beirut:
    • *Bairūþaz m (Arabic بيروت‎ via Ancient Greek *Βαιρουθος)
  • Sidon:
  • Tripoli:
  • Tyre:

Myanmar

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Nepal

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Oman

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  • Muscat:
    • *Maskataz m (Arabic مسقط via Ancient Greek *Μασκατος)
  • Salalah:
    • *Salālō f (Arabic صلالة‎ via Ancient Greek *Σαλᾱλᾱ)

Palestine

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  • Bethlehem:
  • Gaza:
    • *Gasō f (Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza))
  • Hebron:
  • Jericho:
  • Nablus:
  • Ramallah:
    • *Rāmallāaz m (Arabic رام الله (rām allāh) via Ancient Greek *Ρᾱμαλλᾱος)

Pakistan

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Qatar

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Saudi Arabia

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  • Dammam:
    • *Dammāmaz m (Arabic الدمام via Ancient Greek *Δαμμᾱμος)
  • Jeddah:
    • *Geddō f (Arabic جدة‎ via Ancient Greek *Γεδδᾱ)
  • Mecca:
    • *Mahhō f (Arabic مكة via Ancient Greek *Μαχχᾱ)
  • Medina:
  • Riyadh:

Sri Lanka

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Syria

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  • Aleppo:
  • Damascus:
  • Deir ez-Zor:
  • Hama:
    • *Īmaþaz m (Ancient Greek Ημαθ (Ēmath))
  • Homs:
  • Latakia:
  • Raqqa:
    • *Rakkō m (Arabic الرقة via Ancient Greek *Ρακκᾱ)

Tajikistan

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  • Dushanbe:
    • *Dūsanbiaz m (Arabic دوشنبه via Ancient Greek *Δουσανβεος)
  • Khujand:
    • *Hugandō f (Arabic خجندة via Ancient Greek *Χογανδᾱ)

Turkey

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United Arab Emirates

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  • Abu Dhabi:
    • *Abūzabī f (Arabic أبو ظبي via Ancient Greek *Αβουζαβῑ)
  • Ajman:
    • *Agmānaz m (Arabic عجمان via Ancient Greek *Αγμᾱνος)
  • Al Ain:
  • Dubai:
    • *Dubajaz m (Arabic دبي via Ancient Greek *Δοβαιος)
  • Fujairah:
    • *Fugairō f (Arabic الفجيرة via Ancient Greek *Φογαιρᾱ)
  • Ras Al Khaimah:
  • Sharjah:
  • Umm Al Quwayn:

Yemen

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  • Aden:
    • *Adinaz m (Arabic عدن via Ancient Greek *Αδενος)
  • Al Hudaydah:
  • Sana'a:
    • *Sanāaz m (Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ) via Ancient Greek *Σανᾱος)
  • Taiz:
    • *Þaisaz m (Arabic تعز‎ via Ancient Greek *Θαεζος)

Europe

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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Denmark

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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The Netherlands

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Poland

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  • Bydgoszcz:
  • Gdansk:
  • Katowice:
    • *Kātawīkō f (*Kat + Proto-Slavic *-ovъ + Proto-Slavic *-ica)
    • *Kantawīkō f (Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ)
  • Lodz:
    • *Aldī f (Proto-Slavic *oldi)
  • Lublin:
  • Szczecin:
  • Terespol:
    • *Tirisōpuliz f (Teresa + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis))

Portugal

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Russia

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Spain

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  • Barcelona:
  • Bilbao:
  • Burgos:
  • Ciudad Real:
  • Huesca:
    • *Uskō f (Latin Osca)
  • León:
  • Málaga:
  • Osma:
  • Palencia:
  • Pontevedra:
  • Sant Feliu de Llobregat:
  • Seville:
  • Terrassa:
  • Toledo:
  • Valencia:
  • Valladolid:
    • *Wallitulitą n (Celtiberian Vallis Tolitum)
  • Vitoria:
  • Zaragoza:

Sweden

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Switzerland

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United Kingdom

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