This map, published by Mapologies in 2024, shows how to say garlic in the different languages spoken in Europe.
Using a colour code, the author groups the different roots. The main ones are as follows:
- Proto-Germanic, reddish colours laukaz.
- Yellow, from Prototurkic sarïmsak.
- Green, from Latin ālium.
- Bottle green, from Proto-Slavic *česnъkъ.
As a curious fact, the Proto-Germanic root laukaz is also the origin of the word leek in many of these languages.


