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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
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
Yoshimi Battles the Rock and Roll Vowel Laxing
We got Rock Band 3 a little while ago, and it comes with Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which OStone really likes, so I’ve listened to that a few times. The first two lines caught my attention as a phonologist: … Continue reading