Today, an etymological analysis of words familiar to you that you often use in everyday life, but do not think about their origin. I will also cite the official versions of the etymological analysis in order to clearly show the contrast between the so-called "science" and the real structure of the Russian language.
And so, let's start with the word that I already parsed in the comments -
SNAIL:
We decompose the word into syllable roots:
U-LA-TO-GA, here it should be noted that ULA must be immediately united, since in the word it already carries a separate meaning.
U-LA = AT HEAT (fire, hearth) = HOUSE
Total we get: SNAIL = HOUSE TO MOVE.
You can immediately make out a similar word:
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IGLU:
Well, of course they cannot understand the origin, here again the Russian etymology:
NEEDLE = I-GA-LA = I GO Greta (in heat)
And here a natural question immediately arises - "And the word is NEEDLE"?
Well, here is a vivid example of how homonyms are formed from the same bricks - roots - words similar in pronunciation, but with different meanings inherent in them.
NEEDLE:
Well, in general - they did not come up with anything worthwhile, how to reduce everything to a stick stuck in a yoke …
The syllabic roots here are the same as for IGLU:
NEEDLE = I-HA-LA, but if in the first case it meant that a PERSON goes into heat, then here we are already talking about an OBJECT that penetrates into heat, although.., or rather, initially - about a part of the body … Yes, the needle is the phallus. But then this meaning spreads to other piercing objects. It must be understood that the syllable root GA - often turns into other forms in Russian - KA, JA, HA, etc … Therefore:
NEEDLE = I-HA-LA = I-JA-LA = I STORED. Let's see how linguists explain the word STING:
Well, in general, as usual, they go around the bush, but they cannot understand the meaning.
By the way, this is where the word Hedgehog comes from:
Here Krylova G. A. I like it - I couldn't explain, but at least I guessed.
The Hedgehog is a stub of the word I-STING, well, the HEDGEHOG (GA) = I STING that WALKS. Therefore, the word Hedgehog of the main male organ has much more in common than you thought … Yes, both there and there - only two letters (UM) =) But seriously - the word Hedgehog itself smoothly follows from the name of this very organ YAGALA, it's me for you already showed.
And finally, let's have a few more words related to the word ULA (IN HEAT), which we have already analyzed above: FLAME and FIRE.
FLAME:
It's easier not to read these etymological analyzes …
FLAME = PA-LA-MN (? MA-I) = Warm me, if MN - is shortened MA-I - then it turns out - Warm stronger than me, but special meaning does not change.
FIRE:
In this case, I won't even quote Vasmer … another nonsense in a bunch of lines. I remind you - the term INDEuropean is FALSE. It was introduced only to divert from the essence of the roots of everything "Indo-European". There were never any "Indo-Europeans" - there were RUSSIANS, who spread their language, culture, everyday life and so on to the whole of Eurasia and not only … Well, here it is:
FIRE = AGON = I-HA-NA = I GO FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT
Everything is elementary and simple if you know and understand the basics of the Russian language.
