Word Family - Mississippi Introduction In which the US states of Mississippi, Michigan, and Massachusetts all have a common ancestor in Algonquian *meʔši-: "large". But not Missouri. I checked 4 or 5 times because my mind kept rejecting the answer. Teaser Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts Full Text Algonquian *-ʔči- Central Algonquian Ojibwe ᒋ- chi- big … read more
Word Family - Ride Teaser original, arboretum, orthodox, run, ride, palfrey, road, ruin Full Text Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- to move, to stir, to rise Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥néwti Anatolian Hittite 𒅈𒉡𒊻𒍣 ar-nu-uz-zi to send, to address Old Armenian յառնեմ yaṙnem to rise, to stand, to awake Armenian հառնել haṙnel to get up, to stand up … read more
Word Family - Duck April theme: Birds 🐦 Teaser Donald Duck dives to the deep abyss of Dover in a Bathysphere! (What a dope.) Full Text Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- deep, hollow Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbti goes deep, sinks, dives primary verb Balto-Slavic Slavic *ďubati to peck East Slavic Russian дю́бать djúbatʹ Germanic *dūbanã to dive … read more
Word Family - Mummy October theme: Ancient Borrowings 𒅴 Teaser mu, mummy Full Text Proto-Afro-Asiatic *maʾ- Berber Tashelhit aman water Tuareg ⵎⵏ aman water Chadic West Chadic Tangale am water Egyptian 𓈖 mw water, rain, sea, lake Demotic Egyptian mw Coptic ⲙⲟⲟⲩ moou water Egyptian Arabic امبو ʾumbū water, drink childish Ancient Greek μῦ mû Greek μι mi English mu English … read more
Word Family - Brew September theme: Fire 🔥 Teaser brew, broil, breed, ferment, burn, bourbon, broth, bread Full Text Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- to boil, to brew Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-ti primary verb Albanian mbruaj to knead Celtic Old Irish bruithid boils, seethes, cooks Irish bruith to boil, to bake, to burn Germanic *brewwanã to brew … read more
Word Family - Aqua August theme: Elements So Slow 🌎🌊 Teaser Avon, Punjab, island, Scandinavia, aquarium, sewer, sober Full Text 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 … read more
