Etymology, History of languages, and Linguistics (EHL)

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English: Subject of active sentence > object of passive?
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Michael Zwingli
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Ali Smith
German: Knecht
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11
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Ali Smith
Ali Smith
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tesselae vs tessellae
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9
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OBrasilo
OBrasilo
PersoLatin
Etymology of Persian خیر/xeyr/xayr "no"
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Derakhshan
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The 'g' in the middle/inside in Dutch and German // English -ow or -y-?
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berndf
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elroy
Second-person gender distinctions in non-Semitic languages?
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570
apmoy70
apmoy70
elroy
برشلونة — Arabic pronunciation of “Barcelona”
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I.K.S.
I.K.S.
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Spanish: figueta
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10
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Penyafort
Penyafort
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Slavic languages, seznam
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vianie
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Penyafort
Why didn't Austrian become standardized/official?
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Pedro y La Torre
Pedro y La Torre
User With No Name
Grammarians versus Linguists
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27
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Michael Zwingli
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elroy
Capitalization and switching scripts
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11
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817
Terio
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ק
diaeresis --Old or Middle English ancestor
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berndf
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R
Is the Hebrew-Welsh connection more than a myth?
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Awwal12
Awwal12
Lindsey Star
Why do idioms exist?
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19
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Penyafort
Penyafort
elroy
unstable / instability
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3
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565
berndf
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iezik
Pronunciation: Götze, Kroos, Podolski, Höwedes…
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20
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Awwal12
Awwal12
Lindsey Star
Where does the etymology cowlick stem from?
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1
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553
Loob
Loob
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שֹׁרֶשׁ --Hebrew linguistics' idea 'root'
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9
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825
fdb
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Vous serez tous en joie mis
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4
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danielc
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rarabara
ناس
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2
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657
fenakhay
fenakhay
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escape-escapee-escaper
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10
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804
Sobakus
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Linnets
Bach (English-language surname): pronunciation
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16
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merquiades
merquiades
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How did mittō (to send) semantically shift 🢂 in Vulgar Latin 🡺 to mean "put"?
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3
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777
Sobakus
S
Hutschi
Phon vs. Phonem (in IPA)
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19
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Hutschi
Hutschi
rushalaim
German loans meaning "fork" in Baltic languages
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8
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702
rushalaim
rushalaim
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Etymology and use of the name "Leopold"
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1
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514
Gucio
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D
American Old Norse (if it existed)
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9
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962
Hulalessar
Hulalessar
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Non-reduplicated non-loan 4-letter Roots in Arabic/Semitic
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9
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rougeaux
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Madeeha719
Arabic: أستاذ
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7
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704
PersoLatin
PersoLatin
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Dialect boundaries
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33
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Penyafort
Penyafort
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conscientia vs. syneidesis
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17
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nizzebro
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bearded
Arabic تلميذ, Hebrew תלמוד
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20
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djara
djara
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Why do languages sound different?
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34
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LeifGoodwin
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PersoLatin
Double letters in Latin words
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41
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Penyafort
Penyafort
purasbabosadas
Spoken Latin in Britain
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19
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LeifGoodwin
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How did 'to wit' shift (from "to know") 🡺 to mean 'that is to say'?
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4
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715
berndf
B
Platytude
Arabic: -šr, -šarā, and Asherah
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3
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445
Platytude
Platytude
Uncreative Name
When and Why Did English Stop Conjugating Verbs?
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27
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2K
LeifGoodwin
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Quelle est l'origine de la nomenclature du temps et mode des verbes en français?
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1
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751
Terio
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Farsi: ميز
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42
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Platytude
Platytude
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Guillermina, Merceditas, Mary Jane [zapatos]
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6
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643
Estela4
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Kwunlam
Indonesian (and Malaysian) etymological dictionary
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2
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393
pimlicodude
pimlicodude
bearded
Ancient Greek: pronunciation of rough breathing with letter Rho
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2
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431
bearded
bearded
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consonant pronunciation change: P vs Ph, T vs Th, etc
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49
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berndf
B
amirsherman
Syriac: ܕ
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0
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334
amirsherman
amirsherman
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What semantic notions underlie "inmost, innermost" (intimus) 🡲 with "make known, announce" (intimo)?
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0
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510
jet_leader1
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Maroseika
кѫпъ (Church Slavonic)
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14
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887
Panceltic
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aparraud
Hacer caso
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19
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817
Xiscomx
Xiscomx
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Demise — How did "dismiss, put away" semantically shift to mean 🡲 a transfer of property, or the grant of a lease?
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1
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419
berndf
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