Word Family - Moon October theme: Nighttime 🌃 Teaser measure, meal, moon, month, medicine, modem, accommodate Full Text Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- to measure Proto-Indo-European *miméh₁-ti reduplicate imperfective Indo-Iranian *mimáHti Indo-Aryan Sanskrit मिमीते mimīte to measure, to mark off Iranian Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬍𐬨𐬀𐬚𐬁 framīmaθā set the limits of, assign, authorize Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros big, great Celtic *māros … read more
Word Family - Star October theme: Nighttime 🌃 Teaser arid, star disaster, ash Full Text Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁s- to be dry, to burn, ashes, hearth Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁seh₁(ye)-ti stative Italic *āzēō Latin āreō I am dry, I am parched, I am withered Latin āridus dry, withered, arid, shrivelled, uninspired Western Romance Italian arido arid, barren … read more
Word Family - Sleep October theme: Nighttime 🌃 Teaser sleep, avalanche, lip, lobe Full Text ? Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- to hang loosely, to be weak, lip, to lick Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂be-ti to fall down? to relax? primary verb Germanic *slēpaną to sleep East Germanic Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌰𐌽 slēpan to sleep Crimean Gothic schlipen to sleep West Germanic … read more
Word Family - Persimmon Bonus: Indigenous Peoples Day Teaser Saskatoon, persimmon Full Text Algic *mene berry Yurok menomen Juneberry Algonquian *mi·na berry Central Algonquian Cree ᒦᓂᐢ miinis (wild) berry or fruit Cree ᒥᓵᐢᑲᐧᑑᒥᐣ misa˙skwato˙min saskatoon berry English saskatoon English Saskatoon Menominee -men- fruit, berry, grain Ojibwe -min berry Ojibwe niibiminaa high-bush … read more
Word Family - Night October theme: Night time 🌃 Teaser naga, naked, gym, night, nocturnal Full Text Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- bare Proto-Indo-European *nogʷó-s naked thing, naked one noun Balto-Slavic *nōˀgás naked Lithuanian núogas naked Slavic *nȃgъ naked East Slavic Russian наго́й nagój naked South Slavic Serbo-Croatian наг nag naked West Slavic Polish nagi naked Indo-Iranian … read more