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Etymology (?) of the “shush” gesture

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Comparative markers coming from low degree markers (“attenuatives”)? (List such languages.)

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Etymology of Slovene vrtnica “rose”. Can it be the Slavic reflex of PIE *wr̥dʰos “sweetbriar”?

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The etymology of Sanskrit jāla 'web'

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Why are there words meaning both “breath” and “life/spirit” in so many languages?

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Origin of Japanese particles だい(dai), かい(kai)

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What semantic notions underlie PIE meh₂d- ('wet') and Proto-Germanic matōną, *matjaną (“to feed, eat”)?

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How might one swear in Proto-Indo-European?

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Latin jūs and sūcus, and the words in Romance languages

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