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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
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Fire” comes from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂‐ur [pa(ħ)ur], something like this (listen):
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/fire-from-PIE-pahur.wavThe same root developed into Balochi پُر phor “ashes, flames”:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Balochi-phor.wav
(and Ancient Greek πῦρ [pyr], Latin pyra, pyre, pyro-, etc.)In Armenian, it comes out as հուր hur:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Armenian-hur.wavImage source: https://hoonch.am/post/grakanutyun/hay-grakanutyun/hur-ev-jur
#linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi #Armenian
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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.wavIn Balochi, it's پاد paad:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Balochi-paad.wavAnd 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
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Weigh” comes from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ- (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weigh-from-PIE-wegh.wav*wéǵʰ- also developed into (the second syllable of) Balochi and Persian پرواز parwaz “flight”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Balochi-parwaz.wavthe first syllable of Sanskrit वहति vahati “to convey”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Sanskrit-vahati.wavand the first syllable of Urdu بہنا behna “to flow”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Urdu-behna.wav#linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #phonetics
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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.wavBalochi گْوَپت gwap:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wavand Persian بافتن baaftan:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Persian-baaftan.wavPic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVb2zAZo-E
#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto #Balochi #Persian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Wasp” comes (via Anglo-Saxon waps) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wobʰ-seh₂, a form of *h₁webʰ-, “weave”. Ignoring the -seh₂ suffix, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wasp-from-PIE-wobh.wav*h₁webʰ- also developed into Balochi گْوَپت gwap “weave”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Up” comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁upo, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/up-from-PIE-h1upo.wav... from earlier *supo:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-from-PIE-supo.wav*supo also developed into the #Latin comparative super "over":
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-supo-to-Latin-super.wav*h₁upo developed into #Sanskrit उप upa:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1upo-to-Sanskrit-upa.wav*h₁uper developed into #Balochi اور awur:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1uper-to-Balochi-awur.wav
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Audio Etymologies of the Month
“Month” comes, via Anglo-Saxon mōnaþ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-not [me:not], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/month-from-PIE-meh1not.wavIt is related to *méh₁-nos [me:nos], #moon, which led to Latin mensis:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Latin-mensis.wavThe stem *méh₁- "measure" also developed into Persian, Balochi and Urdu ماه mah:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-meh1nos-to-Persian-mah.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Urdu #Latin
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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.wavBalochi (and Urdu) دو doo:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Balochi-doo.wavand Romani dui:
http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dwoh1-to-Romani-dui.wavMore examples at http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto #Balochi #Urdu #Romani
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Audio Etymology of the Day
“Tree” comes from Proto-Indo-European *drew [drəʊ], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/tree-from-PIE-drew.wav“True” also comes from *drew, perhaps relating to swearing by trees?
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/true-from-PIE-drew.wav
As in “druid” (Proto-Celtic *druwits, “oak-knower”).*drew is a variant of *doru:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-drew-to-PIE-doru.wavthat led to #Balochi دار daar “wood”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-doru-to-Balochi-daar.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Three” comes from Proto-Indo-European *trei-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/three-from-PIE-trei.wavThe masculine nominative form *trei-es developed into #Sanskrit त्रयस् trayas:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-treies-to-Sanskrit-trayas.wav
and #Latin tres.*trei- developed into #Sindhi ٽي te:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Sindhi-te.wav#Balochi سے se:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Balochi-se.wav
and #Romani trin:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trei-to-Romani-trin.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Thou”, now rather restricted in its use, comes from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂ [tuɐ], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thou-from-PIE-tua.wav*tuh₂ [tuɐ] developed into Persian تو tu:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Persian-tu.wavBalochi تئو tau:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Balochi-tau.wavOssetian ды du ~ de:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Iron-dE.wavGerman du and French tu are also from this root.
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Ossetian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Thistle” comes from Proto-Indo-European *teig, represented here by its almost unchanged Balochi reflex تێگ teg “sharp, razor”, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thistle-from-PIE-teig.wav
*teig developed into Persian (and Urdu) تیز tiiz:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-teig-to-Persian-tiz.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #wildflowers
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Barrow” (a mound) comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-os (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/barrow-from-PIE-bherghos.wav*bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower”
🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bhergh-to-Persian-borj.wavKurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, English "borough", and Arabic برج burj “tower” are also from *bʰerǵʰ-
More at https://www.ancientsounds.net/#barrow
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Thirst” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-tu like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thirst-from-PIE-trst.wav
(I've omitted the final [u])The related form *tr̥s-no- developed into Persian تشنگی teshne:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Persian-teshne.wavand Balochi تُنَّگ tunnag “frog, thirsty one”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-trsno-to-Balochi-tunnag.wavThe stem *ters- also underlies Latin terra, "(dry) land".
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Thin” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tn̥h₂-u- [tn̩:u], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thin-from-PIE-tnh2u.wav*tn̥h₂-u + suffix kos also developed into #Persian تنک tunuk:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Persian-tunuk.wavand #Balochi tanak:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Balochi-tanak.wavRemarkably similarly, into #Bosnian tanak:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-BCMS-tanak.wavand #Bulgarian тънък tuhnuhk:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tnh2u-to-Bulgarian-tVnVk.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“(To) tear” (the verb) comes from Proto-Indo-European *derH- “tear, flay, peel”, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wav*derH- also developed into Persian دریدن daridan:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Persian-daridan.wavBalochi دِر dir:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Balochi-dir.wavand Lithuanian dìrti:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-derH-to-Lithuanian-dirti.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Lithuanian
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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.
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Swine” comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁-īno- [su:hi:no], like this (listen):
🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/swine-from-PIE-suHino.wav*suh₁-īno- is derived from *suh₁- “pig” (cf. English “sow”). A derived form, *suh₁-kas, developed into Balochi ہوک huuk:
🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-suHka-to-Balochi-huuk.wavThe Persian pronunciation is خوک [χu:cç]:
🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-suHka-to-Persian-xuuC.wav“Hog” is unrelated.
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi #Persian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sweet" comes from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-u-s [swa:dus], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sweet-from-PIE-sweh2dus.wav*sweh₂d-u-s also developed into Sanskrit स्वादु swaadu:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweh2dus-to-Sanskrit-swadu.wavBalochi واد waad “salt”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweh2dus-to-Balochi-waad.wavand Latin suavis ( → English suave):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweh2dus-to-Latin-suavis.wavAlso Bengali স্বাদ shaad “taste”
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Balochi #Latin
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sweat" comes from Proto-Indo-European *swoid-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sweat-from-PIE-swoid.wav*swoid- also developed into Sanskrit स्वेदते sveedate:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Sanskrit-sveedate.wavBalochi ہید hed:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Balochi-hed.wavand Iron Ossetian хид khid:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Iron-xid.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Balochi #Ossetian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Star" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂s-tér-on- [ɐstéron], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/star-from-PIE-h2steron.wav*h₂s-tér- also developed into #Balochi اِستار istar:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2ster-to-Balochi-istar.wavKurmanji #Kurdish astirə:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2ster-to-Kurmanji-astire.wavArmenian աստղ astr:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2ster-to-Armenian-astR.wavPersian ستاره sitare:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2ster-to-Persian-sitare.wavPashtoستوری storay:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2ster-to-Pashto-storay.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sow" (pig) comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁- (pronounced [su:], earlier [su:h]) like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sow-from-PIE-suH.wavPlural "swine" is from suh₁-īno- [su:hi:no]:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/swine-from-PIE-suHino.wavThe derived form *suh₁-kas developed into Balochi ہوک huuk “pig”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-suHka-to-Balochi-huuk.wav*suh₁- also developed into Ancient Greek ὗς hüs “pig”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-suh1-to-AncientGreek-hus.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Quern" come from #Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₂-nu-, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/quern-from-PIE-gwerh2n.wav*gʷerh₂- also developed into #Balochi گران graan “heavy”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwerh2n-to-Balochi-gran.wav#Punjabi ਗੁਰ gur, as in ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ gurdwara “gateway to the gurus” (= Sikh temple):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwerh2-to-Punjabi-gur.wavAncient #Greek βάρος baros “weight”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gweh2rus-to-AncientGreek-baros.wavScottish #Gaelic brà “quern”
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwreh2-to-Gaelic-bra.wav@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Queen" comes from #Proto-Indo-European *gwen-, something like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/queen-from-PIE-gwen.wavIn many "eastern" I-E languages, *g often develops into [ʤ], later [ʒ] then [z], e.g. #Sanskrit ग्ना gnaa “goddess”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwen-to-Sanskrit-gnaa.wav#Balochi جن
jan “woman”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwen-to-Balochi-jan.wav#Bosnian žena “woman”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwen-to-Bosnian-Zena.wav#Persian زن
zan “woman”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwen-to-Persian-zan.wav@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage
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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@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage
