Wanderwort

Wandering loanword = Wanderwort ⋍
Cultural trade word = Kulturwort

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderwort, 18 Febr. 2007:

A word that was spread among numerous languages and cultures, usually
in connection with trade, so that it becomes impossible to establish its
original etymology, or even its original language.

Due to it's 3000 year prevalence, Egyptian was central in the distribution of Wanderwords.
In fact most known ancient Wanderwords have a representative in the Egyptian language, and many words in the Egyptian language are themselves super-regional words, connected to wide-spread and well known word-clusters.

some prominent examples are:

𓎛 𓆰 𓈖 𓏌 𓏲 𓈗 𓈘 canal ➙ канал الق.
𓎛 𓆰 𓈖 canna (“cane, reed”), κάννα “reed”, Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na)
𓎛 𓆰 𓈖 canna (“cane, plant”) 𒌑 šammu <?> 𒉌 šaman oil
𓎛 𓆰 𓈖 cannabis κάνναβος Hanf hemp 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 qunnapu ܩܢܦܐ‎ qnpʾ قِنَّب‎ qinnab կանեփ kanepʿ kenevir
𓇋 𓆛 𓈖 𓋴 𓏏 ᵛanisette anise vs :
𓊹 𓌢 𓈖 𓏏 𓂋 𓊸 incense ⋍ inSenther 薫香 くんこう kunkō խունկ xunk 香 xiāng ⇔ Ginger 姜 jiāng
𓇔 𓌽 sugar (su'ger: Süd-Gerste = southern barley/grains)
𓇓 𓇗 sesame σησάμη שושמא‎ šūššmā שומשומא‎ šumššumā Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 /šamaššammū/ 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 /šamaššammi/ 👍 “oil plant” compound of 𒉌 (/šaman/, “oil”) and 𒌑 (/šammu/, “plant”). ⇔ 𓅘 𓎛 𓇳 𓎛 𓏊 𓏥 (sesame) oil 🌣 ☼ Samas=Sun
𓐍𓐍 kara char-coal-gray/black ⇔
𓐍 karon 𓎡𓄿𓅱 gray-green
𓅬 Ganter 𓋴𓏠𓈖𓅭 Gans Ganza Gwaz goose …
𓄛𓄜 deer der θηρίον/Tier/deer/δέρμα/derma/עוֹר/тиреtire/leather

𓇋 𓃀 𓎛 𓄑 𓏤 ivory 𓇋:i 𓃀:bv 𓎛:hair 𓏤:y ibhairy⋍ivory
𓍋 𓃀 𓅱 𓌟 ivory 𓍋:e… 𓃀:bv 𓅱:wr 𓌟:?
𓋴 𓃀 𓂧 𓈒 𓏥 schwarz سَوْدَاء‎ sawdāʾ svartur შავი šavi[de] שחורה \ שְׁחֹרָה‎ sh'khorá سیاه‎ siyâh сьӧд sʹöd
𓆓 𓈖 𓏏 dent / zahn Nager nga.chǐ[n] (tooth)
𓎼 𓎛 𓋴 𓃲 gazelle ⇔ gracil = غ ز ل‎ ḡ-z-l
𓋴 𓂋 𓏮 𓃱 giraffe ( 𓋴 as soft Γ gamma like in 'gym' 'giro italia' … )
𓃭 lion ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Löwen Löwe лъв ⲗⲁⲃⲟ 𒊊 lābu لَيْث‎ layṯ aslan (late) 𓃭𓏤𓇋𓏏𓂢 Levant L'Panther
𓆙 sNake 𓈖 𓇋 𓎡 𓆙 नाग nāga נחש‎ nâħâš nake/nyóka/…@ BANTU!
𓆙 Natter 𓈖 𓂝 𓅱 𓆙 Nun@Arab < 蟒 mǎng > могой งู ŋuu nau*⇔mar@sumer
𓈟𓏏𓁐 لِيدِي‎ lēdī lady лейди lejdi λαίδη laídi?
𓋴 𓐟 𓄿 𓇋 𓂋 𓌗 𓀜||need|ضرورت‎ zarurat@PERs צורך \ צֹרֶךְ‎ tsórekh ضَرُورَة‎ ḍarūra@AR darben bedürfen tarve@FIN

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Other wanderworts not attested in Egyptian: ?
𓌳𓍿𓏋?, ⲙⲁⲣⲙⲁⲣ, marble, Marmor @𓌳𓏌𓏌𓏌𓈉?

"One of the characteristics of these
modern wandering words is that we can observe them rapidly spreading
across Europe and beyond, and through many languages. They have had
little time to undergo language-specific developments, and this is why the
precise route of their wanderings is sometimes so difficult to trace: we
have no sound-laws to guide us."

Later products, Wanderworts after the pharaos
ginger
cumin
green tea (not yet)

An alternative denomination for these kinds of words is
internationalisms, although some prefer to reserve the latter term for
technical innovations from the 19 th and 20 th century only, such as
telephone, automobile and computer.

Suggested measurements:

Wanderworthyness shall be a weighted sum of these sub-heuristics:

Percentage of main word usage near identical (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of main word usage simmilar (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of main word usage traceable (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of secondary word usage near identical (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of secondary word usage simmilar (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of secondary word usage traceable (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of related words near identical (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of related words usage simmilar (inter)regionally to one superroot
Percentage of related words usage traceable (inter)regionally to one superroot

Because of increased leeway to last categories should be weighted lowly and/or treated carefully.

pod(leg)⇔boot⇔foot