Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#SkoltSaami is, again, #võrr. #Lepa appears in, e.g., #Lepatriinu; #lepalind, the redstart; and #lepariisikas, #LactariusLilacinus, a toadstool producing the red pigment #lilacinone. Research suggests it may also be a very early loan-word from an #IndoEuropean language meaning ‘paint’, with
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

in #SkoltSaami is, again, #võrr. #Lepa appears in, e.g., #Lepatriinu; #lepalind, the redstart; and #lepariisikas, #LactariusLilacinus, a toadstool producing the red pigment #lilacinone. Research suggests it may also be a very early loan-word from an #IndoEuropean language meaning ‘paint’, with
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