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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

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto #AncientGreek

Four previously unavailable languages of the Caucasus
— Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian
— have been made available on Google’s translation service.

Friday’s addition of 110 new languages was the first time new languages of the Caucasus have been included in Google Translate since May 2010,
when Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian were added.
It is also the first time the four new languages have been made available through any machine translation service.

The addition is the latest step in Google’s 1,000 Languages Initiative,
the development of an AI model that Google says will support the 1,000 most spoken languages around the world.
According to Google, the latest additions ‘represent more than 614 million speakers, opening up translations for around 8% of the world’s population’.

The inclusion of Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian in Google Translate is a major step forward in the efforts to develop digital support for the indigenous languages of the Caucasus, which has so far remained limited.

Very few apps or other software are available in languages other than Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian.

Except for Abkhaz, the four languages are also seldom used in media, administration, or commerce.

Google’s move comes soon after an announcementby Russian technology firm Yandex that they are working to include Abkhaz and the languages of the North Caucasus in their own translation service.

These include Abaza, Circassian, Karachay–Balkar, Nogay, Ossetian, Chechen, and Ingush.
#Abkhaz #Avar #Chechen #Ossetian #Caucasian #translation
https://oc-media.org/abkhaz-avar-chechen-and-ossetian-hit-google-translate/

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

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian

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.wav

Balochi تئو tau:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Balochi-tau.wav

Ossetian ды du ~ de:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Iron-dE.wav

German du and French tu are also from this root.

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Ossetian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Ten” comes from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̩, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ten-from-PIE-dekm.wav

*déḱm̩ also developed into Ossetian дæс das:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekm-to-Digor-das.wav

Pashto لس‎ las:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekm-to-Pashto-las.wav

The suffixed form *déḱm̩-t became Lithuanian dešimt:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekmt-to-Lithuanian-deSimt.wav

and Bosnian deset:
http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekmt-to-BCS-deset.wav

@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto #Lithuanian #Bosnian

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

"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.wav

Balochi ہید‎ hed:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Balochi-hed.wav

and 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