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Word Family Friday: Easter
Proto-Indo-European <*h₂ews->: “dawn, east” -> Proto-Indo-European <*h₂éwsōs>: “Goddess of Dawn” –> Greek <ἠώς> (ēṓs): “dawn, Goddess of Dawn, east” –> Indo-Iranian <*Háwšās> —> Indo-Aryan —-> Sanskrit <उषस्> (uṣás/Ushas): “dawn, Goddess of Dawn” —–> Hindu <उषा> (uṣā): “dawn” –> Latin <aurōra>: … Continue reading
Word Family Friday: Cat
For my wife’s brithday Late Egyptian <čaute>?: “cat”; in competition with <𓏇𓇋𓅱𓃠> (mjw) ?> Classical Syriac <ܩܛܘ> (qaṭṭu): “cat” ?-> Arabic <قِطّ> (qiṭṭ): “cat” ?-> Hebrew <חָתוּל> (khatúl): “cat” ?-> Old Armenian <կատու> (katu): “cat” —> Armenian <կատու> (katu): “cat” … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Henchman&Palfrey
Wrapping up March Of Horses with two last, smaller families. Proto-Indo-European <*kankest->: “horse” -> Germanic <*hangistaz>: “horse, stallion” –> Old Saxon <*hengist> —> Old English <Hengist>: Personal Name* —> Old English <hengest>: “horse, gelding, stallion” —-> Old English <*hengstmann>: “groom” (“horse-man”)** —–> … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Cavalry
?? ?> Turkic –> Turkish <kaval>: adjunct of <at>, “horse” ?> Saka (Khotanese) <kabä>: horse? -?> Slavic <*kobyla>: “mare (female horse)” —> Russian <кобы́ла> (kobýla): “mare” —> Polish <kobyła>: “mare” ?> Ancient Greek <καβάλλης> (kabállēs): “nag, pony” ?> Celtic <*capallos> … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Mare
On St. Patrick’s Day, I reveal the secret reason I did horses in March. Also, this one is really cool and just might go back all the way to the original domestication of horses in Central Asia. Maybe—just maybe—the Thai … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Course
Proto-Indo-European <*k̑ers->: “to run” -> Latin <currō>: “to run” –> French <corir>: “to run” —> English <courier> —> French <courant>: “running, current of water or electricity” —-> English <current> –> Latin <cursus>: “race, path, serires of events” —> French <cours>: … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Ekwos
Word Family Fridays this month will be all about horses. Turns out the PIEs really liked horses. Proto-Indo-European <h₁éḱwos>: “horse” -> Latin <equus>: “horse”, replaced by <caballus> in Late Latin and most descendants –> Latin <equester>: “pertaining to riding horses, … Continue reading
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Word Family Friday: Smile
Proto-Indo-European <*smey->: “to laugh, to be glad” -> Balto-Slavic –> Slavic <*smьjàti>: “to laugh” —> Polish <śmiaćsię>: “to laugh” —> Russian <смеяться> (smejátʹsja): “to laugh, to mock” -> Germanic <*smīlijaną>: “to smile” –> English, Danish, Norwegian <smile>, Swedish <smil>, etc.: … Continue reading
California Drought
In good news, the drought in California is finally starting to get better. Charting percent of the land area of California in each category of drought over time: from http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ data
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The Annotated Capernaum
Capernaum is a poem by Lewis Spence, which was set to music by Ed Miller and appears on his album, Border Background (1989). Miller’s arrangement is also the title song on the Tannahill Weaver’s album, Capernaum (1994). I own both … Continue reading