Vilani Etymology


Elements of extinct languages from Vland can be detected in the Vilani
lexicon today.  For example, words with syllables ending in /b/ or /l/, are
almost all borrowed from Chekaal, a cousin of Archaic Vilani.  Words with 
an /h/ (except for /ch/, /kh/, and /sh/) and words ending in /z/ are 
borrowings from the extremely ancient and long extinct Dirmani people.  
Finally, words with syllables ending in /kh/ are borrowings from the Sazrak 
language family.

Words which have /t/, /ch/, and /o/ in them are Archaic forms of modern
Vilani words (which usually use /d/, /kh/, and /aa/ respectively).

Of particular interest is with words with the syllable /-khal-/, which 
appear to have originally been Sazrak words which were borrowed by the
conquering Chekaal, which were then borrowed into Archaic Vilani.


Vague Timeline/Language Tree
All dates are 3rd Imperium baseline


-15,000?                                     Dirmani      
                                                |
                                                +------------*Bolsa?
                             Kaalan-------------+               |
-12,000                         |                     Sazrak----+----Bholrak
                       +--------+----------+                            |
-11,000              Chekaal         Archaic Vilani                     |
                                           |                           Orrakil
                                           |
-5,000                              Old High Vilani  => Khal
                                           |             |
-2,500 to present                   Standard Vilani  => Khal
                  


Chekaal:

amusement                               rishnub
archive; data library (official)        dub-lar
fabric                                  palkhur
flock, group, herd ?                    khaalab
help, to_                               khuulab
house, dwelling                         sakhal < Sazrak
new                                     khal < Sazrak
incisor                                 dakhaamab
jet                                     akhrul < Sazrak
language                                pukhal < Sazrak
material                                palkhur
name (esp. of non-human objects?)       sakhel < Sazrak
scar, to_                               khul
sharp                                   makhbil < Sazrak
tusk                                    dakhammab
tree, willow-like_                      khaluppu


Dirmani: 

duke 'under-king'                       sarpuhii
subordinate                             khaz
beautiful, be_                          lamaz


Sazrak:

close (of distance? opposite of open?)  akhlu 
error                                   riikh
fold, to_                               akhlaash
form (existential)                      adrakh
fume, to_                               akhrula
hammer, to_                             duraakh
hand                                    naakh
house, dwelling                         sakhla
new                                     akhla
idiot                                   pakh
jet                                     akhlu
language                                pukhla
man, male                               nidakh
name (esp. of non-human objects?)       sakhle
quick, be_                              dekh
repay, to_                              mukh
repeat, to_                             dakh
sharp                                   makhbi
splendid, magnificent, be_              makh
syllabary, traditional Vilani_          Ruuraakh
thin                                    bakh
untie, to_                              dukh
vat or vessel for beer                  lakhdan
yield, to_                              gaakh
grasslike plant, desert/dryland_        dikh


Archaic Vilani:

fanatic                                 khutak