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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

   January theme: 98, 99, 100! 💯

   Introduction

   This is 98th Word Family in 98 weeks. As I close in on 100, I'm doing two families inspired by comments on the very first family. In this case, the comment "I found recently that the words bison and weasel come from the same …

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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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