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1. Word Family - Pandemic

   Theme: 🦠

   Introduction

   Demon Pandemic Zeitgeist Time

   Teaser

   democracy, pandemic, zeitgeist, time, demon

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   • Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- to share, to divide

     • Proto-Indo-European *dh₂yéti divides

       • Albanian daj I divide
       • Hellenic *dayomai

         • Ancient Greek δαίομαι daíomai to divide, to distribute
       • Indo-Iranian *dáyatay

         • Indo-Aryan *dáyatay

           • Sanskrit दयते dáyate to divide, to take part in …

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2. Word Family - Isolate

   Theme: 🦠

   Introduction

   Celtic, Greek, and Latin each have words for "island" that involve /n/ and /s/ and cannot be completely explained. One possibility is that they are all borrowings from the same non-Indo-European source.

   Even if those three are all connected, it would still be beyond credibility for Malayo-Polynesian *nusa …

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3. Word Family - Weasel

   Teaser

   virus, weasel, bison

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   • Proto-Indo-European *weys- slime, poison, flow, melt

     • Proto-Indo-European *wisós action noun, zero-grade variant

       • Hellenic *wihós

         • Ancient Greek ῑ̓ός īós poison, venom

           • Greek ιός iós venom, virus
       • Indo-Iranian *wišás

         • Indo-Aryan *wíṣas

           • Dardic *biṣá

             • Kalasha biṣ poison
           • Sanskrit विष viṣá poison, venom, bane

             • Sauraseni 𑀯 …

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4. Word Family - Cyborg

   October theme: Science Fiction 🤖

   Introduction

   Got out of hand, never managed to finish, as yet.

   Teaser

   curve, search, circle, cross, ring, cyborg, clavicle, close

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   • Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- to bend, to curve, to turn

     • Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerwós bent, curved

       • Balto-Slavic *krivъ

         • Slavic *krivъ crooked, bent, wrong, guilty
     • Proto-Indo-European *(s …

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