Did he speak #protoindoeuropean? Yamnaya man who lived about 2,700BCE in what is now the Russian steppe, courtesy of archaeologist Natalia Shishlina. I watched her team excavate him in the summer of 2023. Read more in PROTO... #adna #linguistics #archaeology
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Did he speak #protoindoeuropean? Yamnaya man who lived about 2,700BCE in what is now the Russian steppe, courtesy of archaeologist Natalia Shishlina. I watched her team excavate him in the summer of 2023. Read more in PROTO... #adna #linguistics #archaeology
It’s #PiApproximationDay! So here’s a video that’s approximately Pi(e):
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dictionary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dictionary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
Unboxing a PIE Dictionary
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July 22, 2024 at 2:44 PM
It’s #PiApproximationDay! So here’s a video that’s approximately Pi(e):
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dictionary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dictionary
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
@moudhy.bsky.social and I will be talking very old languages - #Sumerian in her case, #ProtoIndoEuropean in mine - at Toppings in Bath on Monday 12 May at 7pm. Please come if you're nearby! Details at shorturl.at/yV4f0 #betweentworivers #proto @carolinepennock.bsky.social
Laura Spinney & Moudhy Al-Rashid on Ancient Languages at Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
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April 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@moudhy.bsky.social and I will be talking very old languages - #Sumerian in her case, #ProtoIndoEuropean in mine - at Toppings in Bath on Monday 12 May at 7pm. Please come if you're nearby! Details at shorturl.at/yV4f0 #betweentworivers #proto @carolinepennock.bsky.social
I am about half Finnish, I haven't visited, but much of my family has, so I have a clear bias, but I do love to ask: "How has #Finland handled that?" because they are such an outlier. The language isn't #ProtoIndoEuropean.
July 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I am about half Finnish, I haven't visited, but much of my family has, so I have a clear bias, but I do love to ask: "How has #Finland handled that?" because they are such an outlier. The language isn't #ProtoIndoEuropean.
Fascinating infographic on how all these English “one” words derived* from the same #ProtoIndoEuropean word for one. (* Probably derived: entries with an asterisk are very educated guesses words since no written proof survives.) Source in the comment thread. #HistoryOfLanguages #Linguistics
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Fascinating infographic on how all these English “one” words derived* from the same #ProtoIndoEuropean word for one. (* Probably derived: entries with an asterisk are very educated guesses words since no written proof survives.) Source in the comment thread. #HistoryOfLanguages #Linguistics
The Sound That Shaped Civilization: How Proto-Indo-European Rode the Waves of the World
#ProtoIndoEuropean #FrequencyWaveTheory
Article:
open.substack.com/pub/drewpond...
#ProtoIndoEuropean #FrequencyWaveTheory
Article:
open.substack.com/pub/drewpond...
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Sound That Shaped Civilization: How Proto-Indo-European Rode the Waves of the World
#ProtoIndoEuropean #FrequencyWaveTheory
Article:
open.substack.com/pub/drewpond...
#ProtoIndoEuropean #FrequencyWaveTheory
Article:
open.substack.com/pub/drewpond...
awi-
ProtoIndoEuropean root meaning "bird." It also might be the source of woyo, oyyo, ProtoIndoEuropean words for "egg."
Avis:bird in Latin. Navis:ship. So we get Aviation and Navigation from these words.
Now, Avionics is Electronics used in an airplane.
ProtoIndoEuropean root meaning "bird." It also might be the source of woyo, oyyo, ProtoIndoEuropean words for "egg."
Avis:bird in Latin. Navis:ship. So we get Aviation and Navigation from these words.
Now, Avionics is Electronics used in an airplane.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
awi-
ProtoIndoEuropean root meaning "bird." It also might be the source of woyo, oyyo, ProtoIndoEuropean words for "egg."
Avis:bird in Latin. Navis:ship. So we get Aviation and Navigation from these words.
Now, Avionics is Electronics used in an airplane.
ProtoIndoEuropean root meaning "bird." It also might be the source of woyo, oyyo, ProtoIndoEuropean words for "egg."
Avis:bird in Latin. Navis:ship. So we get Aviation and Navigation from these words.
Now, Avionics is Electronics used in an airplane.
shower, instead gets it's r from protoindoeuropean skewer (meaning north, north wind, cold, rain shower), via (again skipping a bit) middle english schour.
hopefully someone else found this interesting too
hopefully someone else found this interesting too
August 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
shower, instead gets it's r from protoindoeuropean skewer (meaning north, north wind, cold, rain shower), via (again skipping a bit) middle english schour.
hopefully someone else found this interesting too
hopefully someone else found this interesting too
A decent overview of PIE origins and spread, though she calls out Shakespeare as Middle English in the Introduction 😭 Still, worth a read! 📚💙
#linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #language
#linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #language
September 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A decent overview of PIE origins and spread, though she calls out Shakespeare as Middle English in the Introduction 😭 Still, worth a read! 📚💙
#linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #language
#linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #language
TLDR (1/1):
By comparing systematic sound shifts across languages, scholars have reconstructed parts of PIE and, in doing so, offered glimpses into the lives of its speakers: a society familiar with farming, metalworking, religion and trade.
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
By comparing systematic sound shifts across languages, scholars have reconstructed parts of PIE and, in doing so, offered glimpses into the lives of its speakers: a society familiar with farming, metalworking, religion and trade.
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
TLDR (1/1):
By comparing systematic sound shifts across languages, scholars have reconstructed parts of PIE and, in doing so, offered glimpses into the lives of its speakers: a society familiar with farming, metalworking, religion and trade.
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
By comparing systematic sound shifts across languages, scholars have reconstructed parts of PIE and, in doing so, offered glimpses into the lives of its speakers: a society familiar with farming, metalworking, religion and trade.
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
A fascinating new piece in @theconversation.com Dr Mark W Post explores how linguists have traced thousands of modern words back to Proto-Indo-European (PIE) – a language spoken up to 8,000 years ago but never written down.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee
TLDR 👇
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee
TLDR 👇
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
Hindi, Greek and English all come from a single ancient language – here’s how we know
This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know Proto-Indo-European must have existed?
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September 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A fascinating new piece in @theconversation.com Dr Mark W Post explores how linguists have traced thousands of modern words back to Proto-Indo-European (PIE) – a language spoken up to 8,000 years ago but never written down.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee
TLDR 👇
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
🔗 tinyurl.com/yhmhnaee
TLDR 👇
#langsky #etymology #protoindoeuropean
Happy #PiDay! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE:
#etymology #dictionary #ProtoIndoEuropean #unboxing
youtu.be/k5oqTLtxqEo?...
#etymology #dictionary #ProtoIndoEuropean #unboxing
youtu.be/k5oqTLtxqEo?...
Unboxing a PIE Dictionary
Unboxing and reviewing the AHD dictionary of Indo-European Roots.Check out our Patreon page if you'd like to help support us: https://www.patreon.com/TheEndl...
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March 14, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Happy #PiDay! As has become traditional around here, we’re celebrating by sharing a video about our own particular brand of PIE:
#etymology #dictionary #ProtoIndoEuropean #unboxing
youtu.be/k5oqTLtxqEo?...
#etymology #dictionary #ProtoIndoEuropean #unboxing
youtu.be/k5oqTLtxqEo?...
Found this free downloadable resource to learn PIE and to say I'm excited is the under-est understatement. #linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #languagelearning
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Found this free downloadable resource to learn PIE and to say I'm excited is the under-est understatement. #linguistics #pie #protoindoeuropean #languagelearning
IIRC there is a clade of nazi race myth brainworm that makes a lot of the protoindoeuropean “aryan” heritage of the prehistoric populations of india, persia, and arabic speaking levantines who opposed the “semitic” races like jews and arabs.
Nonsense breeds nonsense.
Nonsense breeds nonsense.
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
IIRC there is a clade of nazi race myth brainworm that makes a lot of the protoindoeuropean “aryan” heritage of the prehistoric populations of india, persia, and arabic speaking levantines who opposed the “semitic” races like jews and arabs.
Nonsense breeds nonsense.
Nonsense breeds nonsense.
death felt he should, heaven didn't agree (thankfully😬). it became a full blown dust up as these war inspired myths of the post protoindoeuropean tradition were wont to do. during the heat of battle, cronus used a scythe (favorite weapon of death gods) to cut off uranus' genitals. now here's where
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
death felt he should, heaven didn't agree (thankfully😬). it became a full blown dust up as these war inspired myths of the post protoindoeuropean tradition were wont to do. during the heat of battle, cronus used a scythe (favorite weapon of death gods) to cut off uranus' genitals. now here's where
Something about this stares into the souls of all my protoindoeuropean ancestors
September 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Something about this stares into the souls of all my protoindoeuropean ancestors
When Danish fishermen (two pictured) stepped ashore in Northumbrian ports in the 19th Century, I'm told, they and the locals could understand each other. Can any local historians confirm? #danelaw #linguistics #protoindoeuropean
May 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
When Danish fishermen (two pictured) stepped ashore in Northumbrian ports in the 19th Century, I'm told, they and the locals could understand each other. Can any local historians confirm? #danelaw #linguistics #protoindoeuropean
the three big elder languages of hingsajagra are speculative proto austronesian, speculative protoindoeuropean, and speculative archaic chinese
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
the three big elder languages of hingsajagra are speculative proto austronesian, speculative protoindoeuropean, and speculative archaic chinese
It’s #NationalPieDay, so here’s a slice of our favourite type of PIE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean
Unboxing a PIE Dictionary
YouTube video by Alliterative
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January 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s #NationalPieDay, so here’s a slice of our favourite type of PIE!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5oq...
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #ProtoIndoEuropean
this book on #ProtoIndoEuropean #language looks promising:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/10/proto-by-laura-spinney-review-how-indo-european-languages-went-global #newbooks #review #languageevolution
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/10/proto-by-laura-spinney-review-how-indo-european-languages-went-global #newbooks #review #languageevolution
April 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The 5 main tributaries of the great Indus River, which are at the origin of the name Punjab / Panjab - from Persian panj (five) and āb (water) - because named by the Mughals - and going further back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe and *h₂ep- #linguistics #protoindoeuropean
June 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The 5 main tributaries of the great Indus River, which are at the origin of the name Punjab / Panjab - from Persian panj (five) and āb (water) - because named by the Mughals - and going further back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe and *h₂ep- #linguistics #protoindoeuropean
Spanish itself evolved from vulgar latin, which in itself derived from classical latin, which goes back to indoeuropean languages where the patriarchally dominant form of assessing gender originated, and before there were 3 expressions in protoindoeuropean languages, it's really cool and complex
March 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Spanish itself evolved from vulgar latin, which in itself derived from classical latin, which goes back to indoeuropean languages where the patriarchally dominant form of assessing gender originated, and before there were 3 expressions in protoindoeuropean languages, it's really cool and complex
Laura Spinney’s new book on PIE is making me want to visit a kurgan. How far east across Europe do I need to travel to see one and where’s most accessible for an independent but not expeditionary traveller? Would it be Hungary? Tips? #langsky #ProtoIndoEuropean
May 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Laura Spinney’s new book on PIE is making me want to visit a kurgan. How far east across Europe do I need to travel to see one and where’s most accessible for an independent but not expeditionary traveller? Would it be Hungary? Tips? #langsky #ProtoIndoEuropean
From Silent Past to Spoken Present: The Scientific Quest to Reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and Its Origins
#ProtoIndoEuropean #HistoricalLinguistics #LanguageScience #AncientDNA #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#ProtoIndoEuropean #HistoricalLinguistics #LanguageScience #AncientDNA #FactRage #FactRageNews
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Unearthing the ‘Ghost Language’: How Linguists Reconstruct Proto-Indo-European Amidst Ongoing Debates Over Its Ancient Homeland
Discover how linguists reconstruct Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of half the world's languages, and explore the ongoing debate over its ancient homeland.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
From Silent Past to Spoken Present: The Scientific Quest to Reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and Its Origins
#ProtoIndoEuropean #HistoricalLinguistics #LanguageScience #AncientDNA #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#ProtoIndoEuropean #HistoricalLinguistics #LanguageScience #AncientDNA #FactRage #FactRageNews
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