𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

The English word “barrow”, i.e. a burial mound, comes via Proto-Germanic *berga from a Proto-Indo-European ancestor *bʰerǵʰ-os, meaning “height” and by extension “hill, mountain”.

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/barrow-from-PIE-bherghos.wav

The same Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower”:

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bhergh-to-Persian-borj.wav

The Arabic word برج burj “tower”, as in the name of the Burj Khalifa tower, is not a Semitic word but is a loan-word from Persian.

Kurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, and English “borough” (originally referring to a town with raised fortifications), are also descended from *bʰerǵʰ-.

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へぇ。バローチ方面でもこんなポップな歌歌う子おるんだ。
カラチ住みのアーバン男子なんだろうけど。

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Balochi New Song " Garan Garan - Daniyal Sheikh

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Fire” comes from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂‐ur [pa(ħ)ur], something like this (listen):
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/fire-from-PIE-pahur.wav

The same root developed into Balochi پُر phor “ashes, flames”:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Balochi-phor.wav
(and Ancient Greek πῦρ [pyr], Latin pyra, pyre, pyro-, etc.)

In Armenian, it comes out as հուր hur:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pahur-to-Armenian-hur.wav

Image source: https://hoonch.am/post/grakanutyun/hay-grakanutyun/hur-ev-jur

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Foot” comes from Proto-Indo-European *pōd-, something like this:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/foot-from-PIE-pod.wav

*pōd- developed into Sanskrit पद pad, now a “learnèd word” in Hindi:
🔈https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Hindi-pad.wav

In Balochi, it's پاد paad:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Balochi-paad.wav

And in Pashto, it comes out as پل pal “footstep”, with *d developing into [l] (“lambdacism”):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-pod-to-Pashto-pal.wav

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Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Weigh” comes from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰ- (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/weigh-from-PIE-wegh.wav

*wéǵʰ- also developed into (the second syllable of) Balochi and Persian پرواز parwaz “flight”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Balochi-parwaz.wav

the first syllable of Sanskrit वहति vahati “to convey”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Sanskrit-vahati.wav

and the first syllable of Urdu بہنا behna “to flow”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wegh-to-Urdu-behna.wav

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#ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi #Urdu #Sanskrit

Audio Etymologies of the Day

“Wasp” comes (via Anglo-Saxon waps) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wobʰ-seh₂, a form of *h₁webʰ-, “weave”. Ignoring the -seh₂ suffix, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wasp-from-PIE-wobh.wav

*h₁webʰ- also developed into Balochi گْوَپت gwap “weave”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1webh-to-Balochi-gwap.wav

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