#古语云 #linguisticphenomenon #l
#古语云 #linguisticphenomenon #linguistics #方言 #dialect #Etymology #Etymonline #ProtoIndoEuropean #lingo #anglish #Roots #words #SemanticError #latin #Greek #Sanskrit #Hindi #粤 #闽 #malay #Thai #deutsch #iweb3
#Etymology
Why is there an 's' in the middle of '#draftsman'? What is the #semantic origin of it?
@Quora #iweb3 #draftsperson
https://twitter.com/GOHSookJin/status/1623133106076061697
#Etymology
According to @EtymOnlineOTD, Proto-Germanic *baumaz "tree" is of uncertain etymology (according to Boutkan probably a substrate word), though tracing it back to PIE *bheu- "to grow" is not unreasonable.
#beam #baumaz #bheu #iweb3
https://twitter.com/mewo2/status/959135761361711107
#Etymology
Is Proto-Germanic *baumaz "tree" etymologically related to Proto-Indo-European *bheu- "to grow, to exist"?
@Quora #iweb3
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Is-Proto-Germanic-baumaz-tree-etymologically-related-to-Proto-Indo-European-bheu-to-exist-to-grow-1
#Etymology
High < Proto-Germanic *hauha-
Uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE *kouko-
#iweb3 https://twitter.com/GOHSookJin/status/1636173356264480769
為甚麼 #泰語 的 5（ha < *lŋa / *sŋa ）和 6 (hok < *krok) 像是借自 #上古漢語？
#Thai #Etymology #Linguistics #iweb3
https://twitter.com/GOHSookJin/status/1699302981731283345
#閩語 (t͡ɕi⁵⁵) #paɪ̯⁵⁵ 及 #粵語 /#閪 hai⁵⁵/ 詞源考
#iweb3 #Thai #Malay #Cantonese #AustroTai #TaiKadai #Hokkien #Fujian #Etymology #Sinology
https://twitter.com/bsfmalaysia/status/1713727743463141686