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[gregp1962]

So, is the route map in reply #1822 the most current? I was thinking that that was yestersols map.


BTW, we all agree that 'sol' is pronounced like 'soul' or 'sole' and not 'saul'. (Being a latin derived word)

[Gray]

And now for something completely different, id est way off topic. In the Malay and Indonesian languages, languages which AFIK have no relation to Latin or Greek, the word for sun is actually a combination of words for 'eye' and 'day'.
eye = mata
day = hari

So the word for sun is matahari.

[Aldebaran]

And now for something completely different, id est way off topic. In the Malay and Indonesian languages, languages which AFIK have no relation to Latin or Greek, the word for sun is actually a combination of words for 'eye' and 'day'.
eye = mata
day = hari

So the word for sun is matahari.

/esotheric mode on
Malay and Indonesian languages may be unrelated to Latin and Greek, but they have a lot of of Sanskrit influence in their vocabulary (as well as Arabic). Sanskrit is a Satem group Indo European language, distantly related to both Latin and Greek. The word Hari probably derives from the Indo European root for the Sun, and also means 'god' in some usages eg hari krishna, hari vishnu etc. Hari in Sanskrit also means yellow, or the colour of the sun. Hari is derived from the Indo European root 'Gheli' which gives us yellow via the Anglosaxon 'geolu'. The nearest derived words in Greek close to Sanskrit hari are 'Chloros', which means greenish yellow, and hermero, meaning day.

Then there is Latin Heri, meaning 'yesterday', which gives us French hier etc.