Etymology question: is hindi 'chowk', supposedly derived from sanskrit 'chatushk' possibly actually derived from arab 'souk'?
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Replying to @vgr
Would not be at all surprised by any such cross-influences, as if languages were made up of pollen spores borne by the wind.
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Replying to @emusdrinking
Etymology is binary. Either one word belongs in the ancestry tree of the other, or it's a coincidence. No vague influence
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Replying to @vgr @emusdrinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprachbund lateral transmission, sandhi, folk etymology, memetics is bacterial.
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