Talk:Thujopsis

Etymology
The etymoloogy given here is for "hiba", not Thujopsis. Both thujopsis and thuja are from the Ancient Greek which can be found rendered variously on the net as "thuya", "thyra", "thuia", and said to be (wiktionary) an "irregular representation" of the Greek name for an "African tree now designated Tetraclinis articulata", but coming from the Greek "thusia" meaning fumigate, or a burnt offering sacrifice, encorporating "thus-" from "theos" or god (as in "enthuse"), as the branches would be "smudged", or heated to produce volumous smoke but not flame. Interestingly this practice was apparently followed in ancient Greece, but also on the west coast of North America, there using Thuja plicata, presumably an example of cultural convergence.

The entries for both Thuja and Thujopsis need this etymology inserted, but it is somewhat outside my expertise, particularly the vagueries of spelling, and also I haven't found who was responsible for the Linnaean name originally, so I would rather defer to more expert contributors to do the edits. 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:217D:BFC1:BE19:921F (talk) 14:45, 11 July 2024 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader
 * Hello, can you provide a source (a link to the book/journal/article) for this content to be verifiable? I would be happy to help you add it to the article(s)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)