Re: trill identification

caeruleancentaur wrote:
>> Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@...> wrote:
>
>> The names of a species, empire, language, homeworld, homestar and so
>> on will all be self-evidently related; Ogrons come from Ogros,
>> Arisians come from Arisia, Arcturans come from Arcturus, and Humans
>> no doubt come from Humus. --Justin B. Rye in A Primer In SF
>> Xenolinguistics
>
> I'm not sure whether this is meant in jest or is serious, but it is
> true, although the two words followed different paths.
>
> dhghem > suffixed o-grade *dhghom-o- > humus; humble, humus, exhume.
> dhghem > suffixed o-grade *(dh)ghom-on > humanus > human(e).
Jest, of course. But he forgot that Klingons aren't from Klingos,
but Qo'noS.

K.

P.S. Yeah, yeah, I know it's been referred to as 'Klinzhai' and 'Kling' too.
But the former's non-canon, and the latter's canonically a city/district on
Qo'noS.

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