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Audio Etymologies of the Day

As posted before, “one” comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ói-nos [oinos], like this:

🔊 https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/one-from-PIE-h1oinos.wav

The variant form *h₁ói-wos "one" developed into Ossetian иу [ju]:

🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-Ossetian-yu.wav

Pashto یو yau:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-Pashto-yau.wav

and Ancient Greek οἶος hoios “only”:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-AncientGreek-hoios.wav

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Six” comes from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱs, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/six-from-PIE-sweks.wav

*sweḱs is from earlier *ḱsweḱs; a surviving outcome of the initial *ḱ is heard in #Ossetian æхсæз akhshazh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-ksweks-to-Iron-axSaZ.wav

*(ḱ)sweḱs also developed into #Pashto شپږ shpag:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-ksweks-to-Pashto-shpag.wav

and #Persian شش shesh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Persian-shesh-shish.wav

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