Linguistic Archaeology: The discovery of Medicine

 Medicine in almost every language

1. Medicine
2. Medisyne
3. Bar
4. medihanīti
5. aldawa
6. Degh
7. *R* (assamese)
8. Qulla
9. Dərman
10. Fura
11. Medikuntza
12. Lieki
13. Ōṣudha
14. Lijek
15. lekarstvo
16. medicament
17. tambal
18. mankhwala
19. Yàopǐn
20. midicina
21. lék
22. medicin
23. *S (dhivehi)
24. *E (dogri)
25. Geneesmiddel
26. Medikamento (esperanto)
27. Ravim
28. Atike
29. Gamot
30. Lääke
31. Médecine
32. Medisinen
33. Medicina
34. amali
35. Medizin
36. Fármako
37. Pohanokuaa
38. Davā
39. Remèd
40. Magani
41. Laau lapaau
42. AR*P* (hebrew)
43. dava
44. tshuaj
45. gyógyszer
46. lyf
47. ọgwụ
48. medisina
49. obat
50. cógas
51. medicinale
52. Kusuri
53. Auṣadhi
54. däri
55. thnam
56. ubuvuzi
57. VB* (konkani)
58. yag
59. Mɛrɛsin
60. Derman (kurmanji kurdish)
61. *AN (sorani kurdish)
62. Darı
63. ya
64. Medicamentum (latin)
65. medicīna
66. nkisi ya monganga
67. vaistas
68. eddagala
69. Medizin
70. lek
71. *I (maithili)
72. Fanafody
73. Ubat
74. marunnu
75. Mediċina
76. Te rongoa
77. Auṣadha
78. *N* (manipuri)
79. damdawi
80. em
81. sayywarr
82. Auṣadhī
83. medisin
84. Qoricha
85. *AR* (pashto)
86. DAR* (persian)
87. Medycyna
88. Medicamento
89. Davā'ī
90. Hanpi
91. Medicament
92. Vaila'au
93. leigheas
94. sehlare
95. moriana
96. mushonga
97. D*A (sindhi)
98. auṣadhaya
99. liek
100. zdravilo
101. daawo
102. landong
103. dawa
104. medicin
105. doruvori
106. Maruntu
107. MEDI*INA (tatar)
108. Mandu
109. Yā
110. DDH*T (tigrinya)
111. murhi
112. ilaç
113. lukmançylyk
114. aduro
115. liky
116. D*AEY (urdu)
117. dori
118. thuốc
119. meddygaeth
120. iyeza
121. meditsin
122. òògùn
123. umuthi


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
83 68%    45 36%   58 47%  25 20%      27 22%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
5     4%    19 15%    65 53%    4    3%      16 13%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
20 16%    2   1%     16 13%    25 20%     49  40%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
47 38%    4   3%      2     1%    39 31%      24 19%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
21 17%    11 9%     7      5%    0     0%       15 12%

Z      %
7    5%







Popularity of use
68% A:
53% D, A: D*A (sindhi),
47% I, D, A: *I (maithili),
40% M, I, D, A:
38% N, M, I, D, A: *N* (manipuri), *AN (sorani kurdish),
36% E, N, M, I, D, A: em, MEDI*INA (tatar), *E (dogri),
31% R, E, N, M, I, D, A: *AR* (pashto), DAR* (persian), Darı, däri, Derman (kurmanji kurdish), Remèd, *R* (assamese), Dərman,
22% U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Mandu, aduro, dori, moriana, marunnu,
20% L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: amali,
19% S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Mɛrɛsin, *S (dhivehi), medisin, Medisinen, medisina,
17% T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: meditsin, umuthi, Maruntu,
16% H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: DDH*T (tigrinya), murhi, Hanpi, sehlare, Auṣadha, Auṣadhi, thnam, Ōṣudha, medihanīti, Auṣadhī,
15% C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: ilaç, thuốc, medicin, Medicamento, Medicament, Mediċina, Médecine, Medicina, Medicamentum (latin), medicīna, medicinale, medicament, midicina, medicin, Medicine,
13% G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: lek, liek, Medikamento (esperanto), Atike, Lääke, Kusuri, Lieki, lék, òògùn, landong, mushonga, leigheas, Te rongoa, eddagala, cógas, Magani, Degh, Geneesmiddel, Gamot,
12% Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: liky, D*AEY (urdu), meddygaeth, lukmançylyk, auṣadhaya, Medycyna, ya, nkisi ya monganga, Yā, yag, Medisyne,
9% V, Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Vaila'au, doruvori, vaistas, Davā'ī, Davā, dava, lekarstvo, Ravim,
5% Z, W, V, Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: dawa, iyeza, zdravilo, gyógyszer, ọgwụ, mankhwala, Medizin, Medikuntza, aldawa, daawo, damdawi, sayywarr, Medizin,
4% P, B, Z, W, V, Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Ubat, ubuvuzi, Bar, VB* (konkani), obat, tambal,
3% F, P, B, Z, W, V, Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Fanafody, Fura, lyf, Fármako, Laau lapaau, AR*P* (hebrew), Pohanokuaa, Yàopǐn,
1% Q, J, F, P, B, Z, W, V, Y, G, K, C, H, T, S, L, O, U, R, E, N, M, I, D, A: Qoricha, Lijek, tshuaj, Qulla,
0% X


Conclusion: A-D linguistic subgroup;

A-D subgroup              Sex          %        Dev. Chain
Orville Moclans                        74%       (A; D; O; K; S; L; R)
• Medicine                         68%       (A; D; I; M)
• Cold                                 53%       (A; D; N; O)

An unidentified subgroup.  Earliest partial medicines are from 53% with D*A (sindhi) to 47% with *I (maithili).this is followed by a bandgap at 40%. Renewed interest in Medicine begins at 38%. At 23% medicine peaks, before declining down to 1%.

Don't you just hate it when you owe medicine to some unknown linguistic  group.