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Are the Latin verb stringo and the Russian verb строчить (strochit') “sew” cognates?

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Why are the Latin noun 'nex' and the German verb 'vernichten' not cognates?

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Is the Latin word verenda a noun? If so, which lexical root it has?

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Relations between *konъ and knee, beginning and genu

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/09/19 3:22 AM

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Relations between biegen and genu

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/09/19 3:06 AM

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Relations between “Scandinavia” and scando “to climb, mount”

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/08/19 4:13 AM

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Relations between 'rod' and 'reed'

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/08/19 4:18 AM

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Relations between ire 'go' and ити (iti) 'go'

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Posted 05/08/19 4:12 AM

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Relations between 'osier' and озеро 'mere'

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/07/19 11:47 AM

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Are the English word knee and the word generation cognate?

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Question by NickTheodorov
Posted 05/05/19 6:16 AM

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on 05/05/19 4:59 PM

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Is it a coincidence that the word "ray" sounds like the beginning of "radiation"?

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Question by Amba
Posted 04/04/19 7:50 PM

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Why a word “cubo” in latin means “to sleep” and “regular hexahedron”?

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Posted 08/04/18 3:56 AM

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Does an ‘individual’ word have meaning…?

Forums: Philosophy, Etymology, Logic, Linguistics, Philosophy Of Language

Discussion by igm
Posted 02/05/13 3:26 PM

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Time travel through the Merriam Webster Dictionary.

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Discussion by tsarstepan
Posted 10/12/17 11:56 AM

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Kvetch as Catharsis

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Posted 09/16/17 10:47 AM

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Is the Greek word for virtue grounded in manliness?

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germanic and semitic languages

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Discussion by Aryo
Posted 08/27/16 5:53 PM

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where does the saying originate

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Posted 12/07/08 4:18 AM

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One, Two, Many

Forums: Etymology, Psudoetymology

Discussion by Sage of Main Street
Posted 07/21/16 3:44 PM

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The gods (not god) in everyday life

Forums: Gods, Etymology, Everyday Life

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Posted 03/13/16 11:05 AM

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Etymology - Dumka and Dumb

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Question by dpcook
Posted 01/17/16 6:33 PM

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Term for synonyms of different origins

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Question by MC Banana
Posted 01/12/16 10:41 AM

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"Greek salad number"

Forums: History, English, Etymology, Language, Slang

Question by lhconstantino
Posted 09/06/15 8:09 AM

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on 09/06/15 10:57 AM

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Can I say "gyp"?

Forums: English, Etymology, Language, Linguistics, Lexicography

Question by Autumnplum
Posted 03/09/09 1:56 AM

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Etymology for Screw

Forums: History, Etymology, Language

Question by Tarah
Posted 04/13/15 8:00 AM

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