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  1. Word Family - Singh

    January theme: Lions 🦁

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    Singh, Sinhala, Singapore, shih tzu

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    • Central Asian substrate *sVrng-??
      • Late Indo-European dialect *sinǵʰos
        • Armenian ինձ inj panther
          • Armenian ընձառյուծ ənjaṙyuc leopard
        • Indo-Aryan *sinȷ́ʰás [1]
          • Indo-Aryan
            • Sanskrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 sĩhá lion, hero [2]
              • Maharashtri 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 sĩgha
                • Tamil சிங்கம் ciṅkam lion, Leo
              • Sauraseni
                • Madhya
                  • Hindi सिंघ sĩgh lion
              • Pali …
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  4. Word Family - Ankylosaurus

    April theme: Dinosaurs and Friends🦕

    Introduction

    Ankylosaurus! And as an unexpected bonus, I found Azhdarchid pterosaurs deep in the family, too. Pterosaurs are probably my very favorite Mesozoic animals (stay tuned for next week!). Also in this family: various spiders and snakes and fears and sins in various languages.

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  5. Word Family - Arbiter

    December theme: Pre-Classical Mediterranean 🏝

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    Europe, Maghreb, Arabia, Erebus

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    • Semitic *[ʕ/ġ]rb to depart, to set [1]
      • Central Semitic
        • Arabic ġaraba
        • Northwest Semitic
          • Aramaic ערובה ʿrōbā sunset, evening, (Sabbath) eve
          • Canaanite
            • Phoenician *'irōb
              • Homeric Greek Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē Western shore of the Aegean,\nmainland Greece\n(as opposed to Pelopennese …
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  6. Word Family - Downtown

    September theme: Community 🏘️

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    down-town Donegal

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    • Proto-Indo-European *dʰewH-?
      • Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom enclosure
        • Celtic *dūnom stronghold, rampart
          • Brythonic *din hill fort, hill
            • Welsh din fort
          • Old Irish dún fort, fortress
            • Irish dún fort, fortress, refuge, haven
              • Irish Dún na nGall Fort of Foreigners, Donegal
                • English Donegal
          • Gaulish …
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  9. Word Family - Snow

    February theme: Weather ⛈️

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    Nevada, snow

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    • Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- to snow
      • Proto-Indo-European *snigʷʰe-ti (it) snows imperfective [1]
        • Hellenic
          • Ancient Greek νίφω níphō to snow, to rain
      • Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰe-ti (it) snows imperfective [1]
        • Germanic *snīwaną to snow
          • North Germanic
            • Old Norse snjófa
              • Icelandic snjóa to snow
          • West Germanic
            • Old …
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  10. Word Family - Rex

    December theme: Religion 📿

    Introduction

    This is the family that no matter how long I work on it, it's never done. That's what I get for trying to explore the possibility that two extremely important and productive roots may be connected: *h₂er-, related to cosmic order, and *h₃reǵ-, related …

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  11. Word Family - Aidan

    September theme: Fire 🔥

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    ether, Aidan, edifice, anneal, estivation

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    • Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- ignite, fire
      • Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-eti burning, igniting primary verb
        • Indo-Iranian *Háydʰati
          • Indo-Aryan
            • Sanskrit 𑀏𑀥𑀢𑁂 édhate to spread, to grow, to increase, to prosper
        • Hellenic
          • Classical Greek αἴθω aíthō To kindle, to light, to burn
            • Classical Greek …
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  12. Word Family - Aqua

    August theme: Elements So Slow 🌎🌊

    Teaser

    Avon, Punjab, island, Scandinavia, aquarium, sewer, sober

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    • Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- water, body of water
      • Anatolian *h₂epo river
        • Hittite *hapa river
          • Hittite 𒄩𒉺𒀀 ḫa-pa-a toward the river
      • Balto-Slavic
        • Lithuanian ùpė river
      • Celtic *abonā river
        • Brythonic *aβon
          • Cumbric *avon
            • Cumbric *Ir Avon Fresh-Water …
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