The word Africa has no etymology, everyone can make sure himself. At the same time, it looks like a Kartvelian toponym ending with -ika, like Lazica in Caucasus or Guernica and Carinca in Spanish Iberia.
If so, then we should look for the the 'afra' root in Kartvelian languages. The search is not long. It's 'აფრა' - 'a sail'. Hence Africa would be 'land of sails'.
The sail starts its history exactly in Africa (see Wikipedia). Besides, the Nile has always been full of sailboats named 'felucca', another Kartvelian word as it has been already explained.
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ReplyDeleteI also want to comment about China ჩინელი and a word ჩინელი or გამოჩენილი meaning famous ჩინელი.
Also India ინდო ინდოელი and a word სანდო, ნდობა. ინდო a verb would be somebody 'trusted' or 'relied' reliable .
I also wanted to write about სა-ვანე, ვანი or a place of being, home, residence. And compare to the Lake Sevan and the Lake Van in the Near East.
One can also consider Savanna
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ReplyDeleteSubartu, Subari სუ ბარი, სულ ბარი, or those who live in the valleys all the time
Mitanni - მთიანი, mountainous
Assur - ა სური, or ა შური , envy
Canaan – ქანი (მადანი) they traded and discovered metals on Crete
Sinai Peninsula – and სინა meaning a copper
Sumer - შუამდინარე
Akkad - აქადები, აქაურები, აქაელები
Hittites - ხეთები, ხე-თი meaning ‘with a wood’, we know they perfected wood and invented wooden tools.
Hurrians - ხურიტები, ხუროები or those who work on wood, woodworker
Babylon - ბაბილო which means a peak and a vine
Chaldeans - ქალდეველები, ქალ-დეველი meaning a woman follower, 3000BCE and so many women statues around the world
As for the words, Chanaan, from my point of view, has a different etymology. In fact, it's Cha Nana (The Nana), and I have a separate article on it. Babylon is spelled with upsilon, so, it's initially the U-sound, not I-sound. It's BABULI, which comes from BABI, which is GATE.
DeleteHi Alex, thanks for your interestng contributions. Note that this blog is not maintained aymore. For a couple of years the new findings are posted on facebook. For now you may want to check this out:
ReplyDelete1 part. Intro. Indo-European Hoax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYflzQfUo0
2 part. Kartvelian-Basque Connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38h8QYDrDy4
3 part. Kartvelian Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9WXxXgw-Fc
4 part. Kartvelian Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWlmr7YkX1c
5 part. Kartvelian Central Europe, France, Italy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48pd4Kkv4oY
6 part. Kartvelian Britain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGO5Jd3k49c
7 part. Kartvelian Greece, Turkey, Albania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe_DZFl7Oh4
8 part. Kartvelian Lithuania and Latvia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQ7Ba08bCg
9 part. Kartvelian Scandinavia (Icelandic language comparison), Kartvelian
Asia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7JcPVqf21I
10 part. Kartvelian Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy360Kcxkdo
11 part. Kartvelian Polinesia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ09T_c3z8A
12 part. Kartvelian Americas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihndK-z3WRA
13. The Mysterious Lubes. Origin of Kartvelian surnames.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGTg_oC3V0