Many so-called children's games, such as beggar-my-neighbour and old maid, derive from old drinking and gambling games.
The eight-a-day myth seems to derive from old guidelines stating that, while people need 2.5 litres of water a day, we get most of that from our regular diet.
The word narwhal (pronounced NAR-wall or NAR-way-l) is said to derive from old Norse for "corpse whale," apparently because the animal's mottled, splotchy coloring recalled the grayish, blotched color of drowned sailors.
Thus, Kashmiri don "churning stick," Sindhi ḍənu "tribute," Punjabi dənn "fine," Lahnda ḍənn "force," Kumauni dan "roof" contrast with Assamese dãr "pole," Bengali dãṛ "oar," Hindi dãḍ "oppression, fine," and others; all forms derive from Old Indo-Aryan daṇḍa- "stick, staff, club, royal power, fine, punishment".
Udale, located in Cromarty, Scotland, is first recorded in 1578, and is thought to derive from Old Norse y-dalr.
These terms derive from Old French, earlier, which had elided (dropped) the letter "d" from the Medieval Latin Iudaeus, which, like the New Testament Greek term Ioudaios, meant both Jews and Judeans / "of Judea".
In so doing, these researchers have discovered that with one exception all of the Arabic names of inhabited places derive from older Hebrew, Roman or Greek names.
Another limitation is that the population variability estimates may be biased because they derive from older women only.
Even derivative works -- meaning new works derived from old works -- are harmed by this law.
"Toil" derives from Old French, meaning argument or dispute, fight and struggle.
The word rod derives from Old English rodd and is akin to Old Norse rudda ("club").
