Saturday, February 16, 2013

Ιvory

I knew already that ivory was "elephant tooth" or ελεφαντόδοντο. THere is apparently a synonym of Turkish origin, but parallel in the word's structure, elephant+tooth, fildisi. 
φίλντισι < τουρκική fildişi από fil(ελέφαντας) + diş(δόντι) + i(κτητική κατάληξη)

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