til Eritrea πͺπ· comes from the latin name for Red Sea (Erythraeum mare)!
this is oversimplified but
PIE hrewd
> heruth-ros (e added after h)
> Greek eruth-ros (h dropped)
β Latin erythra-eus
β Eritrea
PIE hrewd
> raud (h dropped)
> Eng red
so the βritβ is equivalent to englishβs βredβ!
8 months ago