tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post1246893367181112406..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Origin of saffronoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-49172203093103027652023-11-24T12:47:50.175-08:002023-11-24T12:47:50.175-08:00With regard to the dispersal of saffron-bearing cr...With regard to the dispersal of saffron-bearing crocus from Crete, the frescoes at Akrotiri on Santorini/Thera created circa 2000 BCE and preserved in the ashfall of the Thera eruption around 1600 BCE show crocus- or saffron-gathering. It's easy to assume they grew then on the island, although given the presence of other exotic subjects (e.g., monkeys) in the frescoes, the crocuses portrayed might not have been on the island when they were painted.Jason Deweeshttps://loulu-fan.squarespace.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-86804537419048304242021-06-04T08:47:07.934-07:002021-06-04T08:47:07.934-07:00Good food for thought, thanks!
I was thinking ab...Good food for thought, thanks! <br /><br />I was thinking about the etymology of crocus, a Semitic loanword. But if you look into the Semitic etymology, you will find out that it came into Arabic via India, from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma "saffron"). So just for fun, I wanted to look whether I find sth in Polish with the "k+nasal+k" as a root and an approprate meaning (like: yellow, flower, pricely, tiring etc.), it should also be old and not a borrowing etc. I found kąkol "weed, plant"; Proto-Slavic root "kąk" referes to anything curved or bend (down? while picking stuff?) - it's age must be interesting too, since it has kept the intitial k, which is typical of the so called "centum loanwords"; i.e. loanwords into Proto-Slavic from an unknown language (Venetian, Illyrian..lol..) on a hithero not defined territory (imagine Venetians on Prypjat marshes). Anyways, just my two pence! It is always a treat to read you.Justynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988781126359049296noreply@blogger.com