#croatian — Public Fediverse posts

Here's the layout. Completing Listek Od Tam by Tomislav Brajša. The tone of this track is perfect. Time to jam. Lead sheet:

https://chordyes.com/chord/tomislav-brajsa-listek-od-tam

#guitarcommunity #guitarfamily #croatian #malevocalist #folk #original #acoustic

Chords are available now. Track: Ljudi from Tereza Kesovija. A very slick pop track. See how it's played. Chord sheet:

https://chordyes.com/chord/tereza-kesovija-ljudi

#guitars #guitarsofinstagram #croatian #femalevocalist #ballad #original #classic

Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/how-croatian-freediver-held-breath-for-29-minutes/

#HackerNews #Croatian #Freediver #Breath #Hold #Diving #Record #Ocean #Sports

I lost counting and keeping track but there's
#danish #swedish #norwegian #finnish #russian #polish #slovak #basque #catalan #bulgarian #hungarian #estonian #lithuanian #latvian #czech #turkish #swiss #viennese #slowanian #romanian #welsh #celtic #icelandic #irish #croatian #greek #albanian #serbocroatian #ukranian #belarussian #portugese #galic and #faroese

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Birch” comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/birch-from-PIE-bherh1g.wav
(ignoring the suffix -eh₂ [a])

*bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂- also developed into Lithuanian beržas:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-Lithuanian-berZas.wav

and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian breza:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-BCMS-breza.wav

Image from
https://www.aromatica.hr/kategorije-proizvoda/vase-zdravlje/ljekovito-bilje/breza-list-30-g-betulae-folium-list/

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics
#ProtoIndoEuropean #Lithuanian #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Thousand” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂s-dḱm̥-t, "big hundred", like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thousand-from-PIE-tuh2sdkmt.wav

*tuh₂s-dḱm̥-t probably also lies behind Lithuanian tūkstantis:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tuh2sdkmt-to-Lithuanian-tukstantis.wav

The related form *tuh₂s-ont- also developed into Croatian tisuća:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tuh2sont-to-Croatian-tisuca.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Lithuanian #Croatian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wain” comes from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰ-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wain-from-PIE-wogh.wav

(Wag(g)on is a loan from Middle Dutch.)

*woǵʰ- also developed into Sanskrit वह्नि vahni “team of draft animals”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-Sanskrit-vahni.wav

and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian voz “train, wagon”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-BCMS-voz.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian