It's just an accidental similarity. Live derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leyp-, meaning linger, as well as its virtual opposite, leave. Liver is from Proto-Germanic librō, simply meaning the organ called the liver.
It's just an accidental similarity. Live derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leyp-, meaning linger, as well as its virtual opposite, leave. Liver is from Proto-Germanic librō, simply meaning the organ called the liver.
Apparently it's just because it's a reddish-brown liver colour. In old chemical terminology it was “hepar sulf”, hepar being the Greek word for liver.
We call it potash in the UK, because of its high potassium content.
Apparently it's just because it's a reddish-brown liver colour. In old chemical terminology it was “hepar sulf”, hepar being the Greek word for liver.
We call it potash in the UK, because of its high potassium content.
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It's just an accidental similarity. Live derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leyp-, meaning linger, as well as its virtual opposite, leave. Liver is from Proto-Germanic librō, simply meaning the organ called the liver.
It's just an accidental similarity. Live derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leyp-, meaning linger, as well as its virtual opposite, leave. Liver is from Proto-Germanic librō, simply meaning the organ called the liver.
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