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[work in progress]

How to create your own map:

an ancient secret lost long ago, preserved only in our wiki

Rules:

  1. This is a community for etymological maps. Your post should either link to one or discuss some aspect of them.
  2. Posts that simply link to maps have to have a descriptive title. For example, your post title should contain the word whose roots you are showing, the resolution, and whether it is original content. Tag original content with [OC], and attribute other redditors' creations with [by <user>] if you are reposting their work and link to their thread in the comments, if possible.
  3. Please don't repost the same content more often than every 6 months.
  4. Be professional. If you think a redditor-made map is of low quality, write a comment detailing how it could be done better, and don't just downvote.
  5. Please host your images on imgur.com or minus.com, unless you are linking to the original source.

/r/etymologymaps

42,162 Subscribers

142

Most commonly used word for "color" in 35 world languages

50 Comments
2024/10/10
12:15 UTC

69

Etymology map of the proto-turkic "öküŕ"

2 Comments
2024/10/09
17:41 UTC

118

Potato etymology map

34 Comments
2024/10/07
20:08 UTC

79

The etymology of "cat" in some Eurasian languages

22 Comments
2024/10/03
17:35 UTC

102

Turkey (bird) in 31 national languages across the world

46 Comments
2024/10/02
14:58 UTC

97

Etymology of the word "Selam" in Turkish

19 Comments
2024/10/01
16:21 UTC

207

Map of prevalence of Baltic hydronyms in North Eastern Europe

10 Comments
2024/09/29
13:48 UTC

47

Etymology of the Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna)

7 Comments
2024/09/22
17:20 UTC

975

How "Algeria", "Madagascar" and "Malaysia" are etymologically connected

50 Comments
2024/09/18
17:02 UTC

197

Etymology map of the word "HORSESHOE" in Europe

34 Comments
2024/09/15
09:36 UTC

227

Etymology map of wheat

34 Comments
2024/09/14
07:21 UTC

364

How the Hebrew word "dove" became "dolphin" in Turkish.

37 Comments
2024/09/01
20:01 UTC

280

Etymology map of lentils

17 Comments
2024/09/01
08:24 UTC

312

Etymology map of the words "Bulgar" and "Bugger"

18 Comments
2024/08/27
15:04 UTC

224

Origin of Romanian divisions names

17 Comments
2024/08/25
15:47 UTC

141

Etymology map of "Shaman"

9 Comments
2024/08/23
18:44 UTC

348

Etymology map of the word "horde"

22 Comments
2024/08/22
19:11 UTC

86

Origins of the word "coffee"

13 Comments
2024/08/22
18:57 UTC

375

Etymology map of "Father"

101 Comments
2024/08/21
05:36 UTC

422

Etymology map of "Yes"

93 Comments
2024/08/19
23:35 UTC

263

Etymology map of grasshoppers (caelifera)

42 Comments
2024/08/19
07:56 UTC

448

Descendants of Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes” route)

109 Comments
2024/08/16
18:23 UTC

35

Is there an etymology map of the word butter?

8 Comments
2024/08/15
08:55 UTC

164

How a word for banana from Papua New Guinea spread with ancient trade routes becoming the scientific name for the banana genus. The Trans-New-Guinea word is also the source of the regular word for banan in languages like Turkish Somali and Amharic

7 Comments
2024/08/14
12:53 UTC

278

Etymology map of pea (pisum sativum)

28 Comments
2024/08/08
08:58 UTC

309

Etymology map of tomato

40 Comments
2024/08/03
15:25 UTC

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