Questions tagged [roots]
For questions about linguistic roots (e.g., reconstructed roots for proto-languages or roots for paragigms in inflected languages like Latin)
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Are there dictionaries translating roots from one Indo-European language to another?
Are there dictionaries translating roots from one Indo-European language (family) to another?
Such dictionaries would be helpful for translating calques like выставка, Ausstellung, and exhibition.
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What is the etymological difference bewteen ب ر ك and ص ل و roots?
The roots ب ر ك (BRK) and ص ل و (ṢLW) shares a common meaning related to the act of blessing.
Is the first one related to the knees, while the later one is rather connected to the notion of eulogy?
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Is PIE "*wank-" the ultimate root of E "wankle"?
wankle
From Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol (“unstable, unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak”), from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz (“unsteady, wavering”), from Proto-Indo-European *...
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