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Jorge Payan Colombia Local time: 10:57 Member (2002) German to Spanish + ...
"Chicle" is indeed an American indigenous word, adapted to Spanish
Oct 17, 2016
slulu wrote:
"Chicle" is Spanish for gum. In Urdu small squares of gum are sometimes called "chiklets"
"Chicle" comes either from the Nahuatl or Mayan languages. Very probably the word "chiklets" apears in Urdu as a reference to the "Chiclets Adams" chewing gum, whose producer, Thomas Adams, conceived the idea while working as a secretary for the Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Ana.
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mopc Brazil Local time: 12:57 Member (2006) English to Portuguese + ...
No way José
Feb 6, 2017
I was truly believing it came from a new Proto-Indo-European root "*chikletumaz" LOL
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Castilian Spanish is heavily influenced by Latin, which originated from Indo-European speakers. Punjabi originated from Sanskrit a brother of Latin in the sense they both descended from the Proto-Indo-European language. Punjabi and Spanish share vocabulary, grammar rules and lexicon because they both sprang out of the same language family.
Also Punjabi people and Spanish people share common ancestry. As Indo-European languages were spread by Indo-Europeans.
Ben Gaia
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