#punjabi โ Public Fediverse posts
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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 เคชเคเฅเค pancha, from which come #Urdu ูพุงฺู panch (borrowed into English โpunchโ, a drink made of 5 ingredients), #Balochi ูพฺูโ panch, #Punjabi เจชเฉฐเจ panj (as in เจชเฉฐเจเจพเจฌ Punj ab โ(land of) five riversโ), #Persian ูพูุฌโ panj, European #Romani panzh, #Ossetian ัะพะฝะดะท fondz and #Pashto ูพฺูู pinza.
And #Welsh pump, which is not Indo-Iranian obvs.
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Quern" come from #Proto-Indo-European *gสทerhโ-nu-, something like this:
๐http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/quern-from-PIE-gwerh2n.wav*gสทerhโ- also developed into #Balochi ฺฏุฑุงู graan โheavyโ:
๐http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwerh2n-to-Balochi-gran.wav#Punjabi เจเฉเจฐ gur, as in เจเฉเจฐเจฆเฉเจเจฐเจพ gurdwara โgateway to the gurusโ (= Sikh temple):
๐http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwerh2-to-Punjabi-gur.wavAncient #Greek ฮฒฮฌฯฮฟฯ baros โweightโ:
๐http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gweh2rus-to-AncientGreek-baros.wavScottish #Gaelic brร โquernโ
๐http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwreh2-to-Gaelic-bra.wav@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage