Sunday, September 1, 2013

MILLE

Imagine that you met a foreigner who does not speak your language. How would you show him 'one'? Right, with one finger. How would you show him 'five'? Right, with five fingers. How would you show 'ten'? Right, with two hands. And now how would you show 'very many'? Yes, you would show him you hair. That's exactly the reason why the Ancient Ukrainian/Russian word of 'тьма' [tma] that meant ten thousand' or 'million', fully coincides with the Kartvelian word of თმა [tma] - 'hair'.

But that's not all the story...

What's the Latin for 'thousand'? Mille. From here we have Spanish 'mil', English 'mile', etc. What's the word's etymology? None, you may check youselves. Just keep in mind that the pliral form in Latin for mille is millia.

And now, having taken into account that Latin is a successor of Ancient Greek, let's check what the Greek for 'hair' is. Suprisingly, it's μαλλιά [mallia]. Does it resemble millia? Yes, it does.

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