Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ on Nostr: A radical language map: The word for "root" in various languages. The Germanic bit is ...
A radical language map: The word for "root" in various languages.
The Germanic bit is slightly simplified - apparently, the "wurzel"-type words are actually from a compound of *wurt- + *waluz, so something like "root stock".
Bring on the puns about Belarusian Muslims going back to their roots.
#etymologidag #language #languages #linguistics
Published at
2023-09-28 17:42:04Event JSON
{
"id": "779362309ee5e873f15bcd64a335c534207c65e8b5419bcea7ece3ae5e96a045",
"pubkey": "d2a730b23975821f531ac5de4aea6d229b2697f66a4894fb9639ba6b60054158",
"created_at": 1695922924,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"etymologidag"
],
[
"t",
"language"
],
[
"t",
"languages"
],
[
"t",
"linguistics"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://masto.ai/users/oysteib/statuses/111144004790739919",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "A radical language map: The word for \"root\" in various languages.\nThe Germanic bit is slightly simplified - apparently, the \"wurzel\"-type words are actually from a compound of *wurt- + *waluz, so something like \"root stock\".\nBring on the puns about Belarusian Muslims going back to their roots.\n#etymologidag #language #languages #linguistics\n\nhttps://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/111/143/988/871/765/181/original/012583206130729f.png",
"sig": "3ebe567e88988877e62eeb7ddf4b706ec26ac95a9d83f60fc0abe61bf9e585f9d77c792de20a20781240f865742535ec6be2adc9a2a0726a1b8a24505f1d8304"
}
