Colours
Тюс [tʲus] - colour, from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tǖs. The colour system of Fevornian is obviously more expansive than the scheme provided below, with various hues and shades (especially if one's a painter or a web designer, for example), but the scheme shows the basic list used in the modern language (note that some, like orange and beige, are recent loans).
родэрс [rodərs] - red, from Proto-Italic *ruðros. Is used for the saturated red objects (blood, wine, cranberry, ladybug) and also in the sense of "ginger": the colour of hair on people and wild mammals, feathers on birds and other animal pigmentations (compare Russian рыжий).
портокалꙓјс [portokalʲejs] - orange, from портокалс "orange (fruit)", itself a loanword from Greek πορτοκάλι or/and Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (compare Albanian portokall, Bulgarian портокал). Is very rarely used for animals or people's natural hair colour.
соѕ [soð] - yellow, from Proto-Italic *suzdos "dry". Semantic shift happened probably due to the colour of dry grass.
ловс [lovs] - lime green/yellowish-green from Proto-Italic *flāwos "blond/yellow".
даринꙓјс [darʲinʲejs] - mossy green/emerald green, from Proto-Celtic *dolinyā "leaf".
ширꙓјс [ʃirʲejs] - cyan/turquoise, greenish-blue, from Proto-Italic *kailom "sky". Used in most contexts.
финꙓѕ [fʲinʲeð] - cyan/turquoise, greenish-blue, from Latin venetus "Venetian; light blue (from the colour of Venetian Lagoon)", ultimately from the endonym of Adriatic Veneti (*wenetos?). Originally a dialectal form that became more commonly used during the romantic nationalism era: cyan is the national Fevornian colour, and this word implied a connection with the Adriatic Veneti, an ancient tribe believed to be among the ancestors of Fevornians. Most commonly used in high/poetic context, in songs and literature.
голубс [golubs] - light blue, from Russian голубой (by analogy of other Russian adjectives adapted via short form, although *голуб doesn't exist in standard Russian). Rarely used, usually in the context of a light blue colour distinct from cyan. Most commonly used in the speech of younger generations and in technical context.
калѳинс [kalθʲins] - dark blue, from Vulgar Latin *calthinus "yellowish". Semantic shift similar to the one in Albanian kaltër, from the same Vulgar Latin root.
јинѳинс [jinθʲins] - purple, from Ancient Greek ἰάνθῐνος.
роз [роз] - pink, a loanword from some Central European language, ultimately from Latin rosa "rose", compare Romanian roz, Hungarian rózsás.
беж [beʒ] - beige, from French beige. Usually used in technical context (cars, websites, phones...).
ашинꙓјс [aʃinʲejs] - sandy, beige. From ашинꙓ "sand", from a Sabellic language, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌑𐌄𐌍𐌀. Usually used in context of natural colours (animals, plants, rocks...).
ровс [rovs] - brown. From Latin rāvus "amber-coloured".
тꙓдꙓринс [tʲedʲerʲins] - dark, blackish brown. From тꙓдꙓрс "grouse", itself from Proto-Celtic *teteros.
отэрс [otərs] - black. From Proto-Italic *ātros.
пꙓꙉꙓјс [pʲedʒʲejs] - dark gray, blackish-gray. From Proto-Italic *piks "pitch". May be used as "gray" in the general meaning.
казэнс [kazəns] - light gray, whitish-gray. From Proto-Italic *kaznos. Also means "gray-haired" (from age).
олэбс [oləbs] - white. From Proto-Italic *alβos.
