Ola Wikander
@olawikander.bsky.social
Lundensian. Ugaritologist, Hebraist, Semitist, part IE-ist, author. PhD & Reader/Senior Lecturer, Lund. Ex Pro Futura fellow (Uppsala & Cambridge).
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
Ola-Wikander-eng.se
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
Ola-Wikander-eng.se
It's the mineral (lapis lazuli), yup.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's the mineral (lapis lazuli), yup.
Reposted by Ola Wikander
16) the best historical pronunciation of Hebrew is the Provençal one, for the sheer audacity of its consonant shifts.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
![The very unusual pronunciation tradition of Hebrew can be seen in these examples: the characteristic pronunciation of Hebrew ṯ, s, ś, ṣ, and word-final ṭ and ḏ as [f], z as [v], and š as [s], word-final r as [χ], and syllable-final /n/ and /m/ as [ŋ].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fujsnmqkn7n4pcmd5ybt7jld/bafkreihdjlyzfdte2j3caycwnw7vpnlzajr236hjpenbtm5dec7ttceaga@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
16) the best historical pronunciation of Hebrew is the Provençal one, for the sheer audacity of its consonant shifts.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
sorry, I mean:
fe beff hiftorical pronunfiasing of Hebrew iv fe Provençal wung, fokh fe seekh audafity of iff confonanf siff.
Reposted by Ola Wikander
so theoretically we could reconstruct Proto-Germanic *baugilaz "bagel" (or at least "ringlet").
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
so theoretically we could reconstruct Proto-Germanic *baugilaz "bagel" (or at least "ringlet").
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
the intransitive verb in Proto-Germanic was *beuganą 'to bend' (G. biegen), from which a causative *baugijaną 'to bend something' was also derived (G. beugen)
Thanks! And you're in the bibliography!
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks! And you're in the bibliography!
Ja, selvfølgelig!
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ja, selvfølgelig!
Hmm, I think you asked this earlier and I missed answering. Sorry 'bout that! I'm in the middle of stuff right now, but I'll be back!
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Hmm, I think you asked this earlier and I missed answering. Sorry 'bout that! I'm in the middle of stuff right now, but I'll be back!
When are you leaving?
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
When are you leaving?
Are you leaving Scandinavia?
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Are you leaving Scandinavia?
(and read "means" for "mean" above :-) )
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
(and read "means" for "mean" above :-) )
(for the etymology, see Kroonen's "Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic", pp. 76–78, which you can look at here:
archive.org/details/etym...
archive.org/details/etym...
Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic : Guus Kroonen : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[2013] IEED, Vol. 11 – Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Guus Kroonen)
archive.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
(for the etymology, see Kroonen's "Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic", pp. 76–78, which you can look at here:
archive.org/details/etym...
archive.org/details/etym...
The unexpanded IE root mean "brew" or "boil", not "burn". And it also has a labial glide or vowel (*u or *w) which the Semitic root does not.
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The unexpanded IE root mean "brew" or "boil", not "burn". And it also has a labial glide or vowel (*u or *w) which the Semitic root does not.
The other option is to argue for an early borrowing, but that becomes very hard indeed, as the English "burn" is from a root variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰreuh₁-, the same root giving English "brew", expanded with a nasal. The Semitic word has a pharyngeal, which the IE one does not at all.
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The other option is to argue for an early borrowing, but that becomes very hard indeed, as the English "burn" is from a root variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰreuh₁-, the same root giving English "brew", expanded with a nasal. The Semitic word has a pharyngeal, which the IE one does not at all.