Naeetlrcreejl wrote:Next word: neutrino
In Hurga ker Maja, the word for 'lepton' is
bozainos [ˈboz.ai̯.nos], from the verb
boz, 'spin' (referring to the motion of electrons around the atomic nucleus) and the suffix -
ainos, 'subatomic particle', the invention of the eccentric scientist who discovered the proton, neutron, and electron. 'Electron' is
arakainos [aːɹɾ.akˈai̯.nos], named by the aforementioned eccentric scientist after the ancient Axonian goddess of lightning, Araknien. In later discoveries of the muon and tauon, they were named
arakainos din and
arakainos kel, 'electron two' and 'electron three', respectively, with the electron itself becoming
arakainos vas, 'electron one', when distinction was necessary.
Much like in our physics, neutrinos in general were known about before their distinction into three generations. They were called
sibozainos [si.bozˈai̯.nos], a contraction of
bozainos with
sikaren [ˈsi.kaːɹɾ.ɛn], 'neutral', to mean 'neutral lepton'. After their distinction into three generations, they were called
sibozainos vas,
sibozainos din, and
sibozainos kel for the electron neutrino, muon neutrino, and tauon neutrino, respectively, by analogy with the charged leptons.
Interestingly, the weak force carriers are also named numbered like this. The general name is
rolkanainos [ɹɾol.kanˈai̯.nos], from the verb
rolkan, 'throw, radiate', from how the weak force is responsible for radioactive decay.
Vas is the W- boson,
din is the W+ boson, and
kel is the Z boson.
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