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Well, I suppose those block icons above tell a story of slow progression. 🐌 But it feels like that penultimate sound snuck up on me - I never expect such fronting on English /u/, however often I hear/see it!

#Phonetics #FUNetics #SpectrogramReading #AcousticPhonetics #Linguistics #LinguisticGame

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wed” comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wedʰ so, like “web”, has hardly changed in pronunciation over 6000 years (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wed-from-PIE-h1uedh.wav

*h₁wedʰ also developed into Sanskrit वधू vadhu:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1uedh-to-Sanskrit-vadhu.wav

Classical Persian خویدوده‎ xweydōdah is related to “wed”, but it's not the “weyd” part that's cognate; it's the “ōd” 😜.

#linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Weave” and “web” come from Proto-Indo-European *h₁webʰ, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weave-from-PIE-h1webh.wav
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/web-from-PIE-h1webh.wav

*h₁webʰ also developed into Pashto اوبدل obdal "knit, crochet, weave":
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Pashto-obdal.wav

Balochi گْوَپت gwap:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav

and Persian بافتن baaftan:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Persian-baaftan.wav

Pic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVb2zAZo-E

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto #Balochi #Persian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

The call of a buzzard: 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/BuzzardCallRSPB.mp3, courtesy of RSPB.

The Slovak for buzzard, káňa, comes from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- [ka:n] “sing, call”, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Slovak-kaNa-from-PIE-keh2n.wav

English “hen” is also derived, via Proto-Germanic *hano “rooster”, from *keh₂n- :
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/hen-from-PIE-keh2n.wav

as is Persian خواندن khandan “sing”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-keh2n-to-Persian-khandan.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Birch” comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/birch-from-PIE-bherh1g.wav
(ignoring the suffix -eh₂ [a])

*bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂- also developed into Lithuanian beržas:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-Lithuanian-berZas.wav

and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian breza:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-BCMS-breza.wav

Image from
https://www.aromatica.hr/kategorije-proizvoda/vase-zdravlje/ljekovito-bilje/breza-list-30-g-betulae-folium-list/

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics
#ProtoIndoEuropean #Lithuanian #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wear” comes from Proto-Indo-European *wos, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wear-from-PIE-wos.wav

*wos is a form of *wes, which also developed into Sanskrit वस्ते vaste:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wes-to-Sanskrit-vaste.wav

and Albanian vesh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wes-to-Albanian-vesh.wav

and Latin vestis:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wes-to-Latin-vestis.wav

which was borrowed into English as "vest" and in "vestments".

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Albanian #Latin

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“We” comes (via Proto-Germanic *wiz) from Proto-Indo-European *wey, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/we-from-PIE-wey.wav

*wey also developed into Sanskrit वयम् vayam :
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wey-to-Sanskrit-vayam.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wax” (to increase) comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wég-s- [ħwegs] (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wax-from-PIE-h2wegs.wav

*h₂wégs- also developed into Sanskrit वक्ष् vaksh- :
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2wegs-to-Sanskrit-vaksh.wav
and (old-fashioned) Persian وخش vakhsh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2wegs-to-Persian-vaxS.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Persian

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Water” comes from Proto-Indo-European *wodr (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/water-from-PIE-wodr.wav
(This *wodr is a Philadelphia English speaker saying "water" 🙂 .)

Ancient Greek ὕδωρ ‎[hýdo:r] and Slavic вода/woda/voda too.

*wodr was a variant of *wodn, from the root *wed:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wodr-to-PIE-wodn.wav
The derived form *wedns developed into Sanskrit उदन् udan:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wedns-to-Sanskrit-udan.wav

#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit