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minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·21 days agoIn Lithuanian, we escaped the madness by making up our own name for it: Sraigtasparnis = sraigtas (cog) + sparnas (wing) Not to be confused with the word for autogyro: Malūnsparnis = malūnas (mill) + sparnas (wing) Which is not interesting unless you are writing some alternate history with aircraft in it and want to call them something with no Greek or Latin.
In Lithuanian, we escaped the madness by making up our own name for it:
Sraigtasparnis = sraigtas (cog) + sparnas (wing)
Not to be confused with the word for autogyro:
Malūnsparnis = malūnas (mill) + sparnas (wing)
Which is not interesting unless you are writing some alternate history with aircraft in it and want to call them something with no Greek or Latin.