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Etymology, History of languages, and Linguistics (EHL)
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SEVEN CANONS of ETYMOLOGY
Ben Jamin
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Phonetics and phonology resources - please contribute
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EHL Resources suggestions
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EHL Forum Rules & Online resources
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Phonetics and Phonology Tutorial and Resources
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مَلِك
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Greek influence on Sanskrit?
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French and other Romance languages: hypercorrection with "h" in English
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Famous Books written in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
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"Y" and "i" in Old English and Welsh
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How close is the Roman dialect of Italy to Latin
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Gӓnswein (German family name)
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Finnish 'rykmentti'
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Arabic roots دوي/dwy & مرض/mrḍ - Why do they each include opposing concepts?
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Order of the partitive and the locative pronouns in Romance languages
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Romanian etymology
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Ski pronunciation in German
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Medieval names of Romance languages
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Historic Castilian shift: "o" > "ue".
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Etymology of Persian namâz/نماز "prayer”
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German: Knabenschänder usage in 1500s
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English: Epidemy
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Persian & English past tense markers.
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Spanish from Latin America, por qué no se usa el Pretérito Perfecto
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When faced with inexplicable words, what ... next?
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Chinese borrowings in Turkish
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Mutual intelligibility of Hungarian
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Alarco
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Persian: Etymology of هوده/huda/é in بیهوده/bihuda/é "useless/pointless/waste"
PersoLatin
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Mar 31, 2021
PersoLatin
Why are Baltic languages not considered Slavic?
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Origin of "ačiū" (Lithuanian)
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What is the origin of the phrase "hive of activity?"
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Thracian in relation to Slavic and Baltic languages
Zaldozum
Mar 13, 2012
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Mar 27, 2021
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قلم
Ali Smith
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Greek: Ariobarzanes, and its Iranian antecedents
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the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn
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Why isn't "to" needed here?(Infinitive)
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Meanings of IE roots
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Origin of انثى in Arabic
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Mar 18, 2021
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Akkadian ṣētu and Arabic ضوء ḍawʔ "light"
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Mar 16, 2021
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Oorsprong van "pril" / Origine du néerlandais "pril", famille du français "péril"?
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When in history did it become impossible for 'qui' to mean “quelle chose”?
Brett Reynolds
Mar 15, 2021
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Mar 15, 2021
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Persian زورق/zowraq "small boat"
PersoLatin
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Mar 15, 2021
PersoLatin
Georgian: ghvino (ღვინო) - wine
AndrasBP
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Can Latin vowel length be inferred from inherited descendants without attested diacritics?
Lusus Naturae
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Mar 14, 2021
Penyafort
Old Persian: ada "he made;"
PersoLatin
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PersoLatin
Luxenbourgish
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Mar 12, 2021
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Phoneme vs segment
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Feb 8, 2020
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Mar 12, 2021
Layth 66
עֲמֹרָה
Ali Smith
Mar 9, 2021
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Mar 9, 2021
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okay (OK) (O.K.)
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Mar 8, 2021
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Latvian: reize (time, occasion)
AndrasBP
Mar 1, 2021
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Mar 7, 2021
AndrasBP
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