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Rory Turnbull
_roryturnbull
German and English words are usually pretty similar. Maus~mouse, Milch~milk, Wasser~water, sechs~six, Vater~father. But the German word for horse, "Pferd", is nothing like English. What happened? A thread. /1 English
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Just (Dr) Rena
justrena
So, today on a different forum, I had some men try to say that Ireland had druids. The fact is, we dont know. Druid is a very mistletoe-loaded word, and
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𐌔𐌄𐌋𐌊𐌏𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌏𐌔
selgowiros
U̯irotutis icon. Explanation in thread. Establishing anything in a Gaulish language is difficult. There are usually 3 suggestions of what a name or theonym could actually mean, what functions it
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The animals of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
PIE_Animals
#DEER in #IndoEuropean: #Hittite aliya(n)- ‘roebuck’, Gk. ἐλλός (ellós) ‘young deer’, ἔλαφος (élapʰos) m./f. ‘deer’, #Lithuanian élnis ‘stag’, élnė ‘doe’, #Latvian al̂nis ‘moose’, #OldPrussian aln
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Lauren
sapheneias
Druids inhabited north-western Europe around 2000 years ago. The modern English word comes from the Latin ‘druidēs’; this is derived from the Proto-Celtic ‘druwides’ (‘oak-knower’), which itself is rooted in
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Manuel Gago
magago
You need to travel more than you ever imagined, don't you? Let's try to solve it! Come with me to visit one of the most spectacular Iron Age hillforts of
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Owen Williams 🏴
OwsWills
The word "Wales" reveals the origins of Britain, and a gnawing history of Anglo-Saxon oppression…It was used by invading tribes to mean 'foreigners' or 'outsiders,' despite Brythonic peoples (latterly Welsh,
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Joseph T Noony
JoeAgneya
Look at these various names carefully!They will tell you a secret.. a story..Elephant- Sanskrit íbha, Mycenean erepa, Greek el-éphas, Latin ebur, Hittite laḫpa. and Slavic velibodŭ,Ape- Sanskrit Kapi, Greek kēpos,
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Irish History Bitesize!
lorraineelizab6
I'm starting a new detailed thread on Irish boys names (girls a separate thread)! As my main resource I'm using my copy of The Book of Irish Names: The Origins
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