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Why can "autarchy" be spelled with an "k" while other words not?

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Are there languages in which "coffee" is not a cognate of a root containing k/q and f/h/w?

Sep 10, 2016

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Why is it called proto-Germanic?

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Why was the name תאומא transliterated as Θωμᾶς (Thomas) rather than Τωμᾶς (Tomas)?

Apr 12, 2015

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Ei (egg in German) and eye; Auge (eye in German) and egg

Nov 16, 2014

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Which cultures are big-endian?

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strange Latin spelling : karissime

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How did so many Arabic letters converge to hold the same shape?

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From Russian/Slavonic diglossia to modern Russian (via French/Russian?)

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