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Meanwhile, China has the word 颱風 (táifēng) with basically the same meaning. Pronounced "taifung" in Cantonese. Which transferred to Japanese as 台風. Did the Chinese word come from the Hindi & Arabic word, which itself came from Greek? Can't say for sure, but it seems likely.
In conclusion: if you ever wonder where something comes from, the answer is usually "from 5th century BC Greece"
I doubt it stops there. Greek was just one of the Anatolian/Indo-European languages.
Most of Greek words come from Proto-Indo-European, there are exceptions obviously.
Just add “ or Near East” (aramaic) and you can get rid of “usually”
You made me lol, BUT what of the language never set to stone, or destroyed/lost along the way, untranslatable or mis translated. Too bad we can only reach as far as documentation and then are limited by understanding.
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Probably not this one. "颱風 (táifēng)" is a recent thing. It's called "颶風 (jufeng)" three or four hundred years ago.
Also the Visiual depiction of The Japanese God of Wind Fugin is copied from Greek. Well at least the wind bag/sail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABjin?wprov=sfla1 …pic.twitter.com/YgONUiZy3r
I usually make the assumption that the Chinese got there first and then the idea/word either spread from there or was independently found/coined elsewhere (middle-east, India, Europe) at some later point.
興味深いですの。遠き希蠟が起源とは。
Sub Conclusion: That's because you don't know much about old civilizations. Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're right all the time. You still have a lot to learn dude. Show some humility else you won't learn anything.
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