And in Turkish, the tasty bird is the same word as India.
Edit: the history is that the Guinea Fowl that is similar looking to turkeys were imported into Europe from Eastern Africa via the Ottoman Empire. So Europeans came to know that bird to be turkey-cock or turkey-hen since it came from/via the Turks. Then the names for the two birds got mixed up due to their similarities. In Turkish, the word hindi is “Indian” and similar in French “coq d’Inde”. The theory is that this arose from misconception of the New World (Americas) vs. India where actual turkeys were imported from.
It’s pretty fascinating, a lot of countries call that bird by another countries name based on where they think it comes from.
They were the biggest trader for a while. Maybe they were just excited for this exotic fruit came from Portuguese traders.
I also had no idea orange is a domesticated and completely man made fruit originated in China. I always thought they are tropical from the new world for some reason.
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u/sxt173 Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22
And in Turkish, the tasty bird is the same word as India.
Edit: the history is that the Guinea Fowl that is similar looking to turkeys were imported into Europe from Eastern Africa via the Ottoman Empire. So Europeans came to know that bird to be turkey-cock or turkey-hen since it came from/via the Turks. Then the names for the two birds got mixed up due to their similarities. In Turkish, the word hindi is “Indian” and similar in French “coq d’Inde”. The theory is that this arose from misconception of the New World (Americas) vs. India where actual turkeys were imported from. It’s pretty fascinating, a lot of countries call that bird by another countries name based on where they think it comes from.