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Thomas Wier
@trwier.bsky.social
Linguist & Caucasologist • Professor at the Free University of Tbilisi • Research languages of the Caucasus, the Tonkawa language • Author of 'Tonkawa Texts' • Weekly Georgian Etymologies
Academic research: freeuni.academia.edu/ThomasWier
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ნიორი niori 'garlic', from Old Georgian ႬႨႭႰႨ niori, an ancient borrowing from Nakh-Daghestanian *miɦwVrV- 'herb': cf Tabasaran nührer mint, Kryz nuräj barberry, Lak nur weed with edible root. A common semantic shift of plant species based on usage.
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Thomas Wier
@trwier.bsky.social
Linguist & Caucasologist • Professor at the Free University of Tbilisi • Research languages of the Caucasus, the Tonkawa language • Author of 'Tonkawa Texts' • Weekly Georgian Etymologies
Academic research: freeuni.academia.edu/ThomasWier
229 followers213 following153 posts