jōrrien
This is the word for “west”, and as “east” is derived from a stem meaning “beginning, so “west” is derived from –ōrr– “end”.
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jōrrien
This is the word for “west”, and as “east” is derived from a stem meaning “beginning, so “west” is derived from –ōrr– “end”.
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It is quite nice. I like how -Årr- is very similar to the root that gave Latin oriens, and so, the opposite concept. But I actually like the sound of -Årr- for “end”. And of course I guess the thing that “begins” and “ends” is the Sun’s path across the sky, right?