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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

In Lithuanian, we escaped the madness by making up our own name for it:

Sraigtasparnis = sraigtas (cog) + sparnas (wing)

Not to be confused with the word for autogyro:

Malūnsparnis = malūnas (mill) + sparnas (wing)

Which is not interesting unless you are writing some alternate history with aircraft in it and want to call them something with no Greek or Latin.