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Etymology, History of languages, and Linguistics (EHL)
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SEVEN CANONS of ETYMOLOGY
Ben Jamin
Aug 17, 2018
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Phonetics and phonology resources - please contribute
Hulalessar
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Red Arrow
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EHL Resources suggestions
Frank06
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EHL Forum Rules & Online resources
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Phonetics and Phonology Tutorial and Resources
sokol
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עַבְטִיט
Maroseika
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allerdings und dennoch- die Geschichte dieser Worte
drei_lengua
Mar 8, 2006
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Sunday at 11:19 PM
JörnL
IPA and English dialects
Su117
Jan 21, 2023
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How to explain regularity in Japanese language?
Encolpius
Jan 12, 2023
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Saturday at 9:45 AM
Awwal12
Palatalisation of word-final [k] in French
Shumkichi
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Jan 25, 2023
pimlicodude
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Airstream Mechanism of The Arabic Language
moonchild1000
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Jan 24, 2023
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Proto-Uralic words for family relatives
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dihydrogen monoxide
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Light (Old English)
Maroseika
Jan 18, 2023
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Jan 19, 2023
Rocko!
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15th Century Biblical German: gemeinsamer (gemainsamer, gemeynsamer) der mann, gemein vnkeuschern der mann
Milcom
Nov 2, 2017
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Jan 19, 2023
Kajjo
Dialects and language (Iberian languages)
Luceni
Dec 31, 2009
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Rocko!
Ene mene mu - German rhyme, also in English, and may be in other languages
Hutschi
Dec 28, 2022
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matakoweg
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Sound shift of short vowels in Dutch - coincidence?
Red Arrow
Jan 7, 2023
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Jan 14, 2023
jmx
PIE: the quality of *s
Platytude
Jan 11, 2023
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Jan 13, 2023
Uncreative Name
Etymology of Persian گرد/gerd “circle, round”
PersoLatin
Jan 11, 2023
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Jan 13, 2023
PersoLatin
Arabic: برّا
ܚܕܝܦܬ ܫܐܕ
Dec 26, 2022
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Jan 12, 2023
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English 'scratch' // German 'kratzen'?
ThomasK
Jan 10, 2023
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Jan 11, 2023
ThomasK
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Portuguese, Luso e mineiro
S.V.
Jan 8, 2023
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[From] scratch: scratch & nothing?
ThomasK
Jan 10, 2023
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Jan 10, 2023
ThomasK
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Reiken/reach, rekken/stretch, raken/hit
ThomasK
Apr 7, 2009
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ThomasK
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Persian: etymology of بنده/servant
PersoLatin
Jan 4, 2023
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Jan 9, 2023
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Persian تنخواه/تنخوا/tanxâh/tanxâ "treasury or cash/wealth/investment"
PersoLatin
Jan 9, 2023
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PersoLatin
Spanish, Latin and Oscan
S.V.
Jan 3, 2023
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Jan 7, 2023
danielstan
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Arabic: Hassan, Hussain
PersoLatin
Jan 4, 2023
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Jan 7, 2023
Awwal12
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Persian/Spanish: vale/bale
Thitherflit
Dec 4, 2006
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Jan 6, 2023
Derakhshan
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Care & worry: meanings of one word or part of one concept
ThomasK
Jan 4, 2023
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Jan 5, 2023
ThomasK
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The strange "r" in the Spanish word "estrella"
Testing1234567
Sep 17, 2015
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Jan 2, 2023
Penyafort
Constructed languages
occlith
Sep 17, 2010
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Etymology of Persian سواد "literacy"
Derakhshan
Feb 22, 2019
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Jan 1, 2023
WadiH
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History of the usage of "dialetti" to refer to Italy's Romance varieties
Dymn
Dec 27, 2022
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Dec 31, 2022
Ben Jamin
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dihydrogen monoxide
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Dec 31, 2022
wildan1
Does anyone have any sources for the etymology of سواد?
Alborz123
Dec 27, 2022
persian
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Dec 29, 2022
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Proto indo European Albhos vs Semitic Laban/Alban (LBN). Is there a relation?
Thealaskansandman
Dec 28, 2022
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Dec 29, 2022
Platytude
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Searching for Wodanaz.... in Ouranos? Comparing Eosphorus and Aurvandil/Auzandil.
Thealaskansandman
Dec 23, 2022
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berndf
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Are these French forms of best-known Italian placenames inherited?
Catagrapha
Dec 28, 2022
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berndf
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Old English Earendel in modern English had it carried forward?
Thealaskansandman
Dec 27, 2022
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440
Dec 28, 2022
Thealaskansandman
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French: elision before the H in héros & héroïne
lcreight
Nov 13, 2022
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Dec 26, 2022
Yendred
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Are there given names related to "painting, drawing" with the sense of beautiful?
sotos
Dec 19, 2022
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sotos
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(Popperian) falsification
Interprete
Dec 16, 2022
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Dec 23, 2022
Quiviscumque
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Ancient Greek: who were the "Epic Greek" writers?
Michael Zwingli
Dec 20, 2022
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Michael Zwingli
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Syncope, procope, apocope...
Michael Zwingli
Dec 10, 2022
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Dec 21, 2022
Michael Zwingli
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English : What is the origin of verb third singular form?
zzzwor
Dec 6, 2022
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Dec 19, 2022
pimlicodude
Persian: دلایل/dalâyel ادله/adalla
PersoLatin
Dec 6, 2022
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709
Dec 16, 2022
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Aussprache: /p t k/ und /b d g/ im österreichischen Deutsch
Dymn
Dec 14, 2022
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642
Dec 16, 2022
Hutschi
Indo-European etymology of Greek word "heúdō"
BellyCrook
Dec 5, 2022
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618
Dec 7, 2022
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Married with children
dihydrogen monoxide
Dec 6, 2022
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610
Dec 7, 2022
merquiades
Etymology of Persian pesté/پسته “pistachio”
PersoLatin
Dec 6, 2022
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522
Dec 6, 2022
PersoLatin
Kurdish: text books in English or Persian
PersoLatin
Nov 27, 2022
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709
Dec 5, 2022
PersoLatin
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Kefir
Wolverine9
Aug 4, 2013
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Dec 3, 2022
rarabara
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French: Queulx - prononciation & origine
yeoma
Dec 1, 2022
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658
Dec 1, 2022
yeoma
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"One's/my/your/his/our/etc., etc. own"
Michael Zwingli
Nov 30, 2022
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6
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514
Nov 30, 2022
Michael Zwingli
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