I made 4 graphics showing 16 common farm animals and their reconstructed Proto-Germanic names.
Their medieval and modern descendants in the 10 major Germanic languages are also included.
I made 4 graphics showing 16 common farm animals and their reconstructed Proto-Germanic names.
Their medieval and modern descendants in the 10 major Germanic languages are also included.
For #IchiRukiWeek2025, day 1: Don’t look back (Orpheus and Eurydice)
Rating: Mature
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For #IchiRukiWeek2025, day 1: Don’t look back (Orpheus and Eurydice)
Rating: Mature
**Please mind the tags on this one.**
archiveofourown.org/works/407705...
They both stem from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to knead; to shape".
'Fiction' came to English through Latin and French. Its meaning denotes what's shaped by the mind.
'Dough' was inherited from Germanic.
Here are their journeys:
They both stem from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to knead; to shape".
'Fiction' came to English through Latin and French. Its meaning denotes what's shaped by the mind.
'Dough' was inherited from Germanic.
Here are their journeys: