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Monday 13 September 2021

Linguistic Archaeology: Saturn (a redo)

Words in almost every language
1. Saturn
2. Saturnus
3. Saturni
4. saterini
5. zahal
6. Saturno
7. Śani
8. Tǔxīng
9. Saturnu
10. Saturno (esperanto)
11. Saturne
12. sat’urni
13. Krónos
14. Satin
15. *B*A* (hebrew)
16. shani grah
17. Szaturnusz
18. Satúrnus
19. Zuhal
20. Zohal
21. Satarn
22. Dosei
23. Satwrn
24. php saw
25. toseong
26. dav sao
27. Saturnia (latin)
28. Saturns
29. Saturnas
30. Saturnu
31. Śanī
32. Sanchir garig
33. hcaytaan
34. *HL (pashto)
35. N* (sindhi)
36. senasuru
37. Caṉi
38. SAT*PN (tatar)
39. Dāw s̄eār̒
40. Satürn
41. Zühal
42. SAT*PN (uyghur)
43. sao Thổ
44. Sadwrn
45. ISaturn
46. Satouni


Popularity of Use
A       %      E      %       I       %      O       %        U         %
39  86%     6  13%      15  33%      8   17%        19  42%

B       %      C      %       D       %      F       %        G         %
1     2%      3     6%      4     8%      0     0%        4      8%

H       %      J      %       K       %      L       %        M         %
10  22%     0     0%      1     2%       5  11%        0       0%

N       %      P      %       Q       %      R       %        S         %
34  75%     3    6%       0     0%      24  53%       35   77%

T       %      V      %       W       %      X       %        Y         %
26  57%     1    2%       4      8%      1     2%        1      2%

Z       %
5  11%




Popularity of use
86% A:
77% S, A:
75% N, S, A: N* (sindhi),
57% T, N, S, A:
53% R, T, N, S, A: Satarn,
42% U, R, T, N, S, A: Saturn, Saturnus, Saturnu, Satúrnus, Saturns, Saturnas, Saturnu, Satürn,
33% I, U, R, T, N, S, A: Śanī, ISaturn, sat’urni, Satin, Saturnia (latin), Saturni, Śani,
22% H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A:
17% O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: sao Thổ, Satouni, Saturno, Saturno (esperanto),
13% E, O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: Saturne, senasuru, saterini,
11% Z, L, E, O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: zahal, *HL (pashto), Zühal, Zuhal, Zohal, Szaturnusz,
8% W, G, D, Z, L, E, O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: Dāw s̄eār̒, Sadwrn, Dosei, Satwrn, toseong, shani grah,
6% P, C, W, G, D, Z, L, E, O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: Caṉi, SAT*PN (tatar), SAT*PN (uyghur), Sanchir garig, php saw,
2% X, Y, V, K, B, P, C, W, G, D, Z, L, E, O, H, I, U, R, T, N, S, A: dav sao, hcaytaan, *B*A* (hebrew), Krónos, Tǔxīng,
0% Q, M, J, F


Conclusion: originating in the A-S subgroup:

A-S subgroup    sex    %          Dev. Chain
Saturn                         86%     (A; S; N; T; R; U)
Forest                          55%     (A; S; O; N; L; I; E)

Redoing Saturn has shifted it from a shared A/S linguistic group overlap but it moves it into an as yet unknown A linguistic subgroup along with the Forest.

We have N* (sindhi) at 76% followed by a development gap at 57% until 53% with the Irish Satarn (though Sa-Tarn sounds hittite for 'Ducks/geese - mountain lake').

A peak in spread at 42% with Saturn, Saturnus (dutch), Saturnu (corsican), Satúrnus (icelandic), Saturns (latvian), Saturnas (lithuanian), Saturnu (maltese), and Satürn (turkish) before declining through 33% with Śanī (marathi), ISaturn (xhosa), sat’urni (georgian), Satin (hatian creole), Saturnia (latin), Saturni (Albanian), and Śani (Bengali) to a bandgap at 22% before interest in Saturn returns. A plateau at 11%-8% declining to 6% and leveling off through 2%. 

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