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𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

The English word “barrow”, i.e. a burial mound, comes via Proto-Germanic *berga from a Proto-Indo-European ancestor *bʰerǵʰ-os, meaning “height” and by extension “hill, mountain”.

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/barrow-from-PIE-bherghos.wav

The same Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower”:

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bhergh-to-Persian-borj.wav

The Arabic word برج burj “tower”, as in the name of the Burj Khalifa tower, is not a Semitic word but is a loan-word from Persian.

Kurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, and English “borough” (originally referring to a town with raised fortifications), are also descended from *bʰerǵʰ-.

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Arabic #Kurdish #Balochi

I also contributed some input methods to #emacs: a couple for #urdu, but also for #pashto, #sindhi and #balochi. Among these I only speak #urdu the rest just copied available keyboard layouts. These will be part of Emacs 30.

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Foot” comes from Proto-Indo-European *pōd-, something like this:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/foot-from-PIE-pod.wav

*pōd- developed into Sanskrit पद pad, now a “learnèd word” in Hindi:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Hindi-pad.wav

In Balochi, it's پاد paad:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Balochi-paad.wav

And in Pashto, it comes out as پل pal “footstep”, with *d developing into [l] (“lambdacism”):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Pashto-pal.wav

#linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Balochi #Pashto

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Weave” and “web” come from Proto-Indo-European *h₁webʰ, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weave-from-PIE-h1webh.wav
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/web-from-PIE-h1webh.wav

*h₁webʰ also developed into Pashto اوبدل obdal "knit, crochet, weave":
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Pashto-obdal.wav

Balochi گْوَپت gwap:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav

and Persian بافتن baaftan:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Persian-baaftan.wav

Pic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVb2zAZo-E

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto #Balochi #Persian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Two” comes (via Anglo-Saxon twa) from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁- [dwoh]:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/two-from-PIE-dwoh1.wav

*dwóh₁- led to Pashto دوه duwa:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Pashto-duwa.wav

Balochi (and Urdu) دو doo:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Balochi-doo.wav

and Romani dui:
http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Romani-dui.wav

More examples at http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto #Balochi #Urdu #Romani

Audio Etymologies of the Day

At https://www.ancientsounds.net/#five I've just added a bunch of simulations showing how "five" is related to Proto-Indo-Iranian and #Sanskrit पञ्च pancha, from which come #Urdu پانچ panch (borrowed into English “punch”, a drink made of 5 ingredients), #Balochi پنچ‎ panch, #Punjabi ਪੰਜ panj (as in ਪੰਜਾਬ Punj ab “(land of) five rivers”), #Persian پنج‎ panj, European #Romani panzh, #Ossetian фондз fondz and #Pashto پنځه pinza.

And #Welsh pump, which is not Indo-Iranian obvs.

Audio Etymologies of the Day

"Light" (brightness) comes from #Proto-Indo-European *leuk- [lɘʊk], something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/light-from-PIE-leuk.wav

*leuk- also developed into words for "day" in Indo-Iranian languages, e.g. #Balochi روچ roʧ, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Balochi-roch.wav

#Sanskrit रोचते rochate "shine":
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Sanskrit-rocate.wav

#Kurdish roʒ:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Kurdish-roj.wav

#Tajik рӯз, Persian روز ruz:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Tajik-ruz.wav

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