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Any contact is always dangerous because it can damage the arm, leg or even the head. Even a random hit a rock, a sharp twig, or an unsuccessful fall. What about a non-random hit? The stronger the hit, the more pain it causes. This is how the aggressive touch protoroots “tr” and “dr” formed. These protoroots were the basis of a large number of words that have the meaning of aggressive contact, causing pain and damage. The simplest word is “dira”. Its basis has been preserved in many languages: in Russian – “dira”, in English – a tear, in French – un trou, in German – durchbruch, in Greek – τρύπα, in Latin – foraminis.

A strong hit always damages or pierces something. The smoke outlet tear is a “truba” (pipe), (protoroots: tr-po). The hole for the air outlet is the “trahea”, (trachea) (protoroots: tr-ho). A hole from a blow is a “travma” (injury) (protoroots: tr-v-ma). A hole in the skull during surgeryis “trepanachiya” (trepanation) (protoroots: tr-panachiya). Quarrel and striking is a fight (“draka”, protoroots: dr-ka), that is, a dira/tear in the head. Oven with a hole is “tandir” (tandoor) (tan-dr). An open hole in the sky is atrium (protoroots: a-tr). An open “dira” to the gods is “teatr” (theater) (protoroots: teo-a-tr). Even the word “trusi” (drawers)is also “holes made in the skin where the legs were inserted”. The British also have underpants with “dira” – drawers, and clothes with “dira” – dresses. The dress code is also about drawers.

In ancient Greek the male name Peter had the meaning “stone, rock” (πέτρος). How could it have appeared? The protoroots forming it: “po” is “along” and “tr” is “dira”, originally spoke of a rocky terrain with sharply protruding stones that wounded, pierced the legs. Later sharp stones were used as tools, preserving both the protoroots “po” and “tr”, and the semantic meaning of “stone”. For example, we can compare it with the name of Khan Giray. “Gr-ay” is “strong as a rock”. The word “geroy” is in the same logic. Strong people were compared to the fortress of a stone or a rock.

There are a huge number of words of the same root. There are also many toponyms that formed these protoroots. We will review some, but among them there is the most famous and oldest toponym —Troy. Troy is a “dira”, a passage to other seas, which the Trojans fiercely defended and for which they extract tribute. Until now, the passage through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits is regulated by various conventions, and wars were fought for this right before.