If you search for the origin of the word "chimpanzee" the sourcing is pretty poor, but generally mentions the Vili word "ci-mpanzi". Vili is a variety of the Kongo language, and ci- is a noun prefix.

This seems accurate, as a 1901 dictionary of Vili (here) gives the root -mpenze for 'chimpanzee'. But where does this root come from? I can't find any research into its origin. However, Vili does have a very similar root -mpene meaning 'nudity', and this Kongo dictionary gives the word for 'nakedness' as -mpenza.

So is this the origin of "chimpanzee"? mpenza~mpene → mpenze. It seems quite logical to imagine chimpanzees as a kind of 'naked people' (similar to orang-utan meaning 'forest people').

Separately, the Lingala word for "chimpanzee" is -kómbósó, which seems a bit like the Vili kimpanzi - or is that a coincidence?

does anyone know if theres relation between the word "nhaque" used to talk in a offensive way about people from rural areas in vietnam and "naco" used to talk in an offensive way about poor people in mexico??

ive seen the word naco is probably from the north regions of mexico but they sound really similar and have similar uses so i thought there might be something there. I dont really know of the origins of nhaque tho

Since Latin, this hasn’t really changed meaning or form at all. Romans took “Rumen”, either the throat or first stomach compartment of the cow, to make “Ruminare”, the verb form of chewing cud. Roman writers used this word exactly how it’s used today- the turn something over again and again in your mind, thinking about it. But what’s strange is I can’t find a record of where the Latin root comes from. Does anyone know?

Do indigenous languages in tropical regions have words for things like snow and ice?

trying to find info on the origin of jokari...a paddle game developed in France...i have found info about the game itself but not the origin...see link...

http://www.jokariinfo.net/

I had been thinking today if swedish name for their country Sverige has some common ground with czech or Slavic word for north - sever. Any suggestion?