Etymology, History of languages, and Linguistics (EHL)

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Etymology/All languages: strange / stranger / foreign
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915
Thealaskansandman
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R
Czech: krejčí
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8
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592
Rainbowlight
R
B
Hebrew: ground stem רום
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1
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365
Ali Smith
Ali Smith
D
Phonemic status of /ə/ in Indonesian
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3
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421
entangledbank
entangledbank
סייבר־שד
Turkish: pembe
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2
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417
S.V.
S.V.
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dur-
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7
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1K
aruniyan
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shamsuddin
Classical Hebrew: במותיך
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0
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342
shamsuddin
shamsuddin
J
Persian: Why is Persian being de-Arabized?
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49
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berndf
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merquiades
Feijoo
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9
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465
Cossue
Cossue
T
Persian/Spanish: vale/bale
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22
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44K
S.V.
S.V.
Dho ra'aan
Khasher "خشر" word in Arabic language.
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0
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353
Dho ra'aan
Dho ra'aan
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“Score”, “dozen” and other “odd” numbers
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28
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1K
Apollodorus
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Ali Smith
Hebrew: מְעִיל
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3
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499
Ali Smith
Ali Smith
robbie_SWE
Spanish & Romanian: "h" and "f" confusion
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35
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3K
merquiades
merquiades
ܚܕܝܦܬ ܫܐܕ
Arabic: برّا
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14
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2K
Mahaodeh
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German toponyms of presumably Polabian origin ending -leben
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29
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6K
berndf
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Etymology of the French negation
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24
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10K
fdb
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ManOfWords
English: by and by
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30
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981
suzi br
suzi br
Linnets
Tappolet
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3
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1K
Linnets
Linnets
romuloVG
16 century French Pronunciation
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12
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3K
Terio
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Etymology of the proper noun “Moses”
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31
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berndf
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R
Etymology and origin of the Czech word "pět" and its strikingly similar counterparts in Russias, Polish and many other Slavic languages.
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4
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529
Awwal12
Awwal12
Ali Smith
Biblical Hebrew: רָאשָׁיו
2
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67
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3K
utopia
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Cossue
Help needed: 4 dead Galician appellatives now preserved as toponyms/oronyms
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11
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435
Cossue
Cossue
R
Colour: Etymology
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31
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1K
berndf
B
Dho ra'aan
The ancient Egyptian name in Holy books.
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4
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515
Apollodorus
A
Uncreative Name
Sporadic Sound Change
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11
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1K
Awwal12
Awwal12
Hulalessar
IPA symbol for the vowel in SSBE "got"
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3
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411
berndf
B
Dho ra'aan
Arabic popular terms in the medicine.
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1
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327
Platytude
Platytude
cheshire
Initial f > h in Iberian Romance
2
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66
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12K
S.V.
S.V.
Sheppy
Hebrew: Reconstructed form of חֵטְא
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1
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364
Drink
Drink
A
فِرْدَوْس firdaws – Arabic, Persian, or Greek?
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125
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6K
Apollodorus
A
Sheppy
Biblical Hebrew: dagesh in Phoenician script
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3
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675
Drink
Drink
Maroseika
fart (English)
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7
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632
fdb
F
Encolpius
"big messenger" i.e. ambassador in different languages, origin?
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9
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1K
AutumnOwl
A
S.V.
Pluperfect in Latin, Greek, and Spanish conditionals (-ra in hubiera, pudiera)
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1
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598
S.V.
S.V.
S
Ethnonyms becoming professionyms
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42
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2K
Welsh_Sion
Welsh_Sion
amirsherman
بيروت
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2
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367
Ali Smith
Ali Smith
L
The older shortening of (Early Modern English) seems to be (EModE) when was it coined?
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2
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504
Levia Van Kales
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A
mutria, mutră, μούτρο, मुद्रा
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18
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1K
Apollodorus
A
E
Spanish: conjugation of obsolete verbs
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1
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544
S.V.
S.V.
Red Arrow
Danish: Why did the short vowels become more open in some words but not in others?
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6
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837
wyrzyk
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Hebrew: רָתוּי
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1
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389
Drink
Drink
No_C_Nada.
Gloria
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3
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519
se16teddy
se16teddy
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مات and Spanish matar
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32
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5K
Circunflejo
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Kay Champs
relative pronouns restrictive/non-restrictive in German and French
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29
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1K
matakoweg
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E
habérselas con
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3
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560
Ballenero
Ballenero
Cenzontle
Spanish "el", Arabic "al-"—why both?
2
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94
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12K
Penyafort
Penyafort
E
Etymology of 'सागर (sāgara)'
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3
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470
Platytude
Platytude
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Hebrew: prefix אל
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0
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430
Hamster Huey
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