28-05-2016, 09:35 PM
JKP - in Dutch, 'en' means 'and', but it is also a plural ending. For example handen means hands. If I'm not mistaken, somethig like that may explain the distribution you describe.
For what it's worth, based on my readings of the labels on f89, I would read daiin as 'nam' which could be the Latin word. However, I haven't made sense of the language of the paragraphs yet, so this may be unrelated.
What I can say with slightly more confidence though, is that at least at some point in the text's history, someone who knew an Indo-Iranian language has provided the words for the labels on the f89 foldout. Since I think these labels are relevant foreign names for these plants taken from a number of sources though, I still have no indication about the core language of the manuscript, which could be Greek or Latin or Romani for all I know.
For what it's worth, based on my readings of the labels on f89, I would read daiin as 'nam' which could be the Latin word. However, I haven't made sense of the language of the paragraphs yet, so this may be unrelated.
What I can say with slightly more confidence though, is that at least at some point in the text's history, someone who knew an Indo-Iranian language has provided the words for the labels on the f89 foldout. Since I think these labels are relevant foreign names for these plants taken from a number of sources though, I still have no indication about the core language of the manuscript, which could be Greek or Latin or Romani for all I know.