The colors of the seas and the directions

Open Access Now 2021-04-28

Summary:

Tim Leonard just came across this article from five years ago that hypothesizes a common origin for the names of the Red Sea, Black Sea, and (in Turkish) White Sea and Blue Sea: "It Works for the Turks: A Colour for Each Direction"Frank Jacobs, Big Think (3/6/16) Peter Golden has often talked to me about […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50879&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-colors-of-the-seas-and-the-directions

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

04/28/2021, 18:00

Date published:

04/28/2021, 11:36