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  1. Word Family - Fee

    Introduction

    Peculiar fellow, that cyclops.

    Teaser

    fee, feudal, peculiar, fellow, cyclops, fight, Shadowfax

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    • Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- wool, livestock, wealth
      • Proto-Indo-European *péḱu
        • Old Armenian ասու asu fleece, wool
          • Armenian ասր asr fine fleece
        • Balto-Slavic *péku
          • East Baltic
            • Lithuanian pekus
          • West Baltic
            • Old Prussian pecku cattle
        • Germanic *fehu wealth, cattle, the …
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  2. Word Family - Cow

    June theme: Domestic Animals 🐕

    Introduction

    Proto-Indo-European has *gʷṓws: "cow, cattle" and possible *woḱéh₂: "(female) cow".

    And some other likely descendants of (the same?) Central Asian substrate words for "cattle": Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa: "cattle, ox", West Semitic *baḳar-: "cattle, ox"

    Teaser

    cow, butter, botany, beef, vaccine

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    • ? Central Asian substrate?, a …
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  3. Word Family - Equus

    March theme: March of Horses 🐎

    Teaser

    hippopotamus, equestrian, zebra, alfalfa, Azores

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    • Early Proto-Indo-European
      • Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- swift, fast [1]
        • Proto-Indo-European *Heḱu-péth₂r̥ swift-winged?, sharp-winged?, hawk
          • Balto-Slavic
            • Slavic *àstrę̄bъ hawk
              • East Slavic ꙗстрѧбъ jastrębŭ
                • Russian ястреб jastreb hawk
              • South Slavic
                • Serbo-Croatian јастреб / јастријеб / jastreb / jastrijeb hawk
              • West Slavic
                • Czech jestřáb …
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