Euluska Loans and Borrowings

Euluska was heavily shaped by the languages around it, which can be seen in a lot of specific vocabulary. Though the older the borrowing, the harder it is to trace, there are some general patterns. Firstly, of course, local plants/animals/phenomena are borrowed from local languages of areas the Euluskans colonised - the main contributors being from Vist, Nadûra & Vrei in the Danderillon; Kaneeyi and Vortai in Lakay; Rakki in the northeast; Yuren in the northwest, and Fallonese in the Fallo.
There are some rough trends we can draw - Vrei and Nadûra words are often related to wilderness and nature, Vist words to lowland and moors, Kaneeyi words to tropical coastal life; Vortai to sailing and gunpowder inventions; Rakki and Yuren for snow and whaling; and Fallonese for religion and lakes. Here are some examples!
====Vrei====
*A lot of nature words came from Vrei. For example, the Euluskan /inkižti/ 'ginger beer' came from the Vrei word for the invention, a medicinal beverage distilled from ginger roots - ąkizhųka /ɑ̃kiʒũkɑ/
*The Euluska word for red meat, žanto, came from the Vrei zhǫtwa /ʒõtvɑ/ meaning game meat.
*Likewise, the Euluska žvrano /ʒvɾano/ for the spice of the crocus flower (saffron, used in stews) comes from the Vrei yizfrǫwa /jizfɾõvɑ/.
*Also, the Euluska for 'folk song', koreva /kɔɾɛvʌ/ comes from the Vrei for 'prayer', hrőwa /xɾœːvɑ/.
====Vist====
*The Euluskan word for a wild land animal, vistaka, comes from the Vist term višti /viʃti/ meaning 'owned by us'. (Euluskan settlers would have been surprised to see domesticated Danderillonain aurochs (like small bison) or domestic grey wolves, and thought of them as wild, despite the Vist regarding them as pets).
*The Vist superstition of a gravewalker who rises with unfinished business - known as a cestja /kestʲa/ led to the Euluska adoption of the term keistha /kɛɪstʰʌ/, meaning 'zombie/revenant/undead'.
*The Euluskan word troniu /tɾɔnɪu/ meaning 'bismuth' (the metal they use a lot in makeup, paints, and medicine) actually comes from the Vist word tran', /tɾɑnʲ/ meaning 'scrap' or 'shit'. The Vist regarded bismuth as a poor, brittle, unsuitable variant of iron or silver. The southwest upland of the Danderillon is rich in it.
====Nadûra====
*The word for 'scion', 'descendant' and/or 'heir' in Euluska is éskëlu /ˈɛskəlu/, which came from the Nadûra skâlo /skɑːlo/ meaning 'a child of the tribe chieftain'.
====Vortai====
*gunpowder, firearm, sailing ship todo
====Kaneeyi====
*canoe, harpoon to do
====Rakki====
*The Rakki word kartuvualku /kaʁtuvuɑlku/, meaning 'the rhythmic song sung by raiders' (usually to instil fear) was borrowed into Euluska, as was the singing technique itself, as korduvelku /kɔɾðuvɛlku/, which you might translate nowadays as 'blade-song'. It was also how we got the Euluska word kagutuva /kaɣutuvʌ/ which means 'shanty' or a song that is sung to keep in time with others.
*glacier to do
====Yuren====
*valley, fjord to do
====Fallonese====
*The Euluskan sankta 'saint' derives from the Old Fallonese ssanghedd /sːɑŋɣɛð/ 'angel'
*estir forest to do
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