Sigmoid Social

رہگزرI also contributed some input methods to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a>: a couple for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urdu</a>, but also for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pashto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pashto</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sindhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sindhi</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#balochi</a>. Among these I only speak <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urdu</a> the rest just copied available keyboard layouts. These will be part of Emacs 30.

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Fire” comes from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂‐ur [pa(ħ)ur], something like this (listen): 🔈<a href="https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/fire-from-PIE-pahur.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/fire-from-PIE-pahur.wav</a>The same root developed into Balochi پُر phor “ashes, flames”: 🔈<a href="https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Balochi-phor.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Balochi-phor.wav</a> (and Ancient Greek πῦρ [pyr], Latin pyra, pyre, pyro-, etc.)In Armenian, it comes out as հուր hur: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Armenian-hur.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Armenian-hur.wav</a>Image source: <a href="https://hoonch.am/post/grakanutyun/hay-grakanutyun/hur-ev-jur" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hoonch.am/post/grakanutyun/hay-grakanutyun/hur-ev-jur</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Armenian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Armenian</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Foot” comes from Proto-Indo-European *pōd-, something like this: 🔈<a href="https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/foot-from-PIE-pod.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/foot-from-PIE-pod.wav</a>*pōd- developed into Sanskrit पद pad, now a “learnèd word” in Hindi: 🔈<a href="https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Hindi-pad.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Hindi-pad.wav</a>In Balochi, it's پاد paad: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Balochi-paad.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Balochi-paad.wav</a>And in Pashto, it comes out as پل pal “footstep”, with *d developing into [l] (“lambdacism”): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Pashto-pal.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Pashto-pal.wav</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sanskrit</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pashto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pashto</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Weigh” comes from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ- (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weigh-from-PIE-wegh.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weigh-from-PIE-wegh.wav</a>*wéǵʰ- also developed into (the second syllable of) Balochi and Persian پرواز parwaz “flight”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Balochi-parwaz.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Balochi-parwaz.wav</a>the first syllable of Sanskrit वहति vahati “to convey”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Sanskrit-vahati.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Sanskrit-vahati.wav</a>and the first syllable of Urdu بہنا behna “to flow”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Urdu-behna.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Urdu-behna.wav</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Urdu</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sanskrit</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Weave” and “web” come from Proto-Indo-European *h₁webʰ, like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weave-from-PIE-h1webh.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weave-from-PIE-h1webh.wav</a> 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/web-from-PIE-h1webh.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/web-from-PIE-h1webh.wav</a>*h₁webʰ also developed into Pashto اوبدل obdal "knit, crochet, weave": 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Pashto-obdal.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Pashto-obdal.wav</a>Balochi گْوَپت gwap: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav</a>and Persian بافتن baaftan: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Persian-baaftan.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Persian-baaftan.wav</a>Pic: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVb2zAZo-E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVb2zAZo-E</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pashto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pashto</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Wasp” comes (via Anglo-Saxon waps) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wobʰ-seh₂, a form of *h₁webʰ-, “weave”. Ignoring the -seh₂ suffix, like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wasp-from-PIE-wobh.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wasp-from-PIE-wobh.wav</a>*h₁webʰ- also developed into Balochi گْوَپت gwap “weave”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Up” comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁upo, like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/up-from-PIE-h1upo.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/up-from-PIE-h1upo.wav</a>... from earlier *supo: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-from-PIE-supo.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-from-PIE-supo.wav</a>*supo also developed into the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> comparative super "over": 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-supo-to-Latin-super.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-supo-to-Latin-super.wav</a>*h₁upo developed into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sanskrit</a> उप upa: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-to-Sanskrit-upa.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-to-Sanskrit-upa.wav</a>*h₁uper developed into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> اور‎ awur: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1uper-to-Balochi-awur.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1uper-to-Balochi-awur.wav</a> @linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Month“Month” comes, via Anglo-Saxon mōnaþ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-not [me:not], like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/month-from-PIE-meh1not.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/month-from-PIE-meh1not.wav</a>It is related to *méh₁-nos [me:nos], <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a>, which led to Latin mensis: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Latin-mensis.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Latin-mensis.wav</a>The stem *méh₁- "measure" also developed into Persian, Balochi and Urdu ماه mah: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Persian-mah.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Persian-mah.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Urdu</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Two” comes (via Anglo-Saxon twa) from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁- [dwoh]: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/two-from-PIE-dwoh1.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/two-from-PIE-dwoh1.wav</a>*dwóh₁- led to Pashto دوه duwa: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Pashto-duwa.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Pashto-duwa.wav</a>Balochi (and Urdu) دو doo: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Balochi-doo.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Balochi-doo.wav</a>and Romani dui: <a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Romani-dui.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Romani-dui.wav</a>More examples at <a href="http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pashto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pashto</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Urdu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Urdu</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Romani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romani</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymology of the Day“Tree” comes from Proto-Indo-European *drew [drəʊ], like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/tree-from-PIE-drew.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/tree-from-PIE-drew.wav</a>“True” also comes from *drew, perhaps relating to swearing by trees? 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/true-from-PIE-drew.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/true-from-PIE-drew.wav</a> As in “druid” (Proto-Celtic *druwits, “oak-knower”). *drew is a variant of *doru: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-drew-to-PIE-doru.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-drew-to-PIE-doru.wav</a>that led to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> دار daar “wood”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-doru-to-Balochi-daar.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-doru-to-Balochi-daar.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Three” comes from Proto-Indo-European *trei-, like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/three-from-PIE-trei.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/three-from-PIE-trei.wav</a>The masculine nominative form *trei-es developed into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sanskrit</a> त्रयस् trayas: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-treies-to-Sanskrit-trayas.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-treies-to-Sanskrit-trayas.wav</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> tres.*trei- developed into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sindhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sindhi</a> ٽي te: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Sindhi-te.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Sindhi-te.wav</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> سے se:🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Balochi-se.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Balochi-se.wav</a>and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Romani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romani</a> trin: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Romani-trin.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Romani-trin.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Thou”, now rather restricted in its use, comes from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂ [tuɐ], like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thou-from-PIE-tua.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thou-from-PIE-tua.wav</a>*tuh₂ [tuɐ] developed into Persian تو tu: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Persian-tu.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Persian-tu.wav</a>Balochi تئو tau: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Balochi-tau.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Balochi-tau.wav</a>Ossetian ды du ~ de: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Iron-dE.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Iron-dE.wav</a>German du and French tu are also from this root.@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Ossetian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ossetian</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Thistle” comes from Proto-Indo-European *teig, represented here by its almost unchanged Balochi reflex تێگ teg “sharp, razor”, like this (listen):🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thistle-from-PIE-teig.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thistle-from-PIE-teig.wav</a>*teig developed into Persian (and Urdu) تیز tiiz: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-teig-to-Persian-tiz.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-teig-to-Persian-tiz.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Barrow” (a mound) comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-os (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/barrow-from-PIE-bherghos.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/barrow-from-PIE-bherghos.wav</a>*bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower” 🔈<a href="https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bhergh-to-Persian-borj.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bhergh-to-Persian-borj.wav</a>Kurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, English "borough", and Arabic برج burj “tower” are also from *bʰerǵʰ- More at <a href="https://www.ancientsounds.net/#barrow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ancientsounds.net/#barrow</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arabic</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Thirst” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-tu like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thirst-from-PIE-trst.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thirst-from-PIE-trst.wav</a> (I've omitted the final [u])The related form *tr̥s-no- developed into Persian تشنگی teshne: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Persian-teshne.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Persian-teshne.wav</a>and Balochi تُنَّگ tunnag “frog, thirsty one”: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Balochi-tunnag.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Balochi-tunnag.wav</a>The stem *ters- also underlies Latin terra, "(dry) land".@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“Thin” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂-u- [tn̩:u], like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thin-from-PIE-tnh2u.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thin-from-PIE-tnh2u.wav</a>*tn̥h₂-u + suffix kos also developed into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> تنک tunuk: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Persian-tunuk.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Persian-tunuk.wav</a>and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> tanak: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Balochi-tanak.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Balochi-tanak.wav</a>Remarkably similarly, into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bosnian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bosnian</a> tanak: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-BCMS-tanak.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-BCMS-tanak.wav</a>and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bulgarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bulgarian</a> тънък tuhnuhk: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Bulgarian-tVnVk.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Bulgarian-tVnVk.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Audio Etymologies of the Day“(To) tear” (the verb) comes from Proto-Indo-European *derH- “tear, flay, peel”, like this (listen): 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wav</a>*derH- also developed into Persian دریدن daridan: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wav</a>Balochi دِر‎ dir: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Balochi-dir.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Balochi-dir.wav</a>and Lithuanian dìrti: 🔈<a href="http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Lithuanian-dirti.wav" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Lithuanian-dirti.wav</a>@linguistics <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/acousticphonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acousticphonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ProtoIndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtoIndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Persian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Persian</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Balochi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Balochi</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Lithuanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lithuanian</a>

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