“anaconda” (word origins)

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[KonguZya]

Get you a man that looks at you the way the orange hat gentleman looks at Dr. Crawford.

[garudo]

In Swedish we have skuldra for shoulder. We call the scapula "skulderblad". Then of course we also have "axel" 😁

[Alkimi]

Ana* is perhaps from the Akkadian chief diety An/Anu/Anum, father of the sky & heavens, who fathered Enki (An+Ki) as well as all of the Annunaki with his chief consort Ki, the mother earth goddess.

[Symphing]

Oh *skendʰ- gives us Sanskrit skandha, meaning shoulder. Usually in the dual, skandhau.

[talesmuller]

thank you for not mentioning nikki minaj

[belfigorbogadas]

Acutally if you ast the indegenous poeple of latin america many will tell you that the anacondo shines or has a blue light.

[ivarara]

Ána-maðkur (Icel) ána-wurm O.E. meaning single alone work, so ana-condasingle or lonely conda?

[j.b.]

There’s no such thing as “indo-European”, but it’s still interesting. I love etymology.