Word Family - Water August theme: Elements So Slow 🌎🌊 Teaser vodka, water, hydrogen, otter Full Text Proto-Indo-European *wed- water animate, elemental water as opposed to passive, standing water: <*h₂ep-> Proto-Indo-European *wódr water oblique form: <*udén-> Pre-Albanian *udrijā Albanian ujë water Anatolian Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 wa-a-tar water Balto-Slavic *wandō water Lithuanian vanduõ water, flow, current Lithuanian … read more
Word Family - Earth Elements So Slow 🌎🌊 Teaser ʾéretz yisraél, earth, arable Full Text ? Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ʔariĉ̣- Berber Tashelhit ṛṛgg earth, soil Chadic West Chadic *Hrit͜ɬ’- Pa'a riŝa earth East Chadic *ʔirt͜ɬ’- Bidiyo 'iraadya valley Semitic *ʾarṣ́- Central Semitic Arabic أَرْض ʾarḍ land, earth, country, ground Maltese art earth Swahili ardhi … read more
Word Family - Human Elements So Slow 🌎🌊 Teaser chthonic, Demeter, geometry, Daoine Sidhe, human Full Text Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm earth Albanian dhe earth Anatolian Hittite 𒋼𒂊𒃷 te-e-kán earth Balto-Slavic *źemē earth Lithuanian žẽmė land, earth Lithuanian Žemyna Earth Mother goddess Lithuanian žemýnas continent Slavic *zemljà earth, soil, land East Slavic Russian земля́ zemljá earth, soil … read more