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

answered Jun 22, 2017 at 10:04

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

answered Sep 10, 2016 at 15:21

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Why is it called proto-Germanic?

answered Oct 5, 2021 at 12:54

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

answered Apr 12, 2015 at 20:20

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

answered Nov 16, 2014 at 13:30

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Are Semitic and Indo-European languages at all related?

answered Jan 12, 2017 at 9:44

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Do any languages use {woman} as the root for human?

answered Nov 16, 2016 at 0:06

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Why is the word "war" in Romance languages predominantly of Germanic origin instead of Latin?

answered May 18, 2021 at 10:43

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Are there any scripts which have more than 127 characters?

answered Feb 7, 2018 at 11:17

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Why are the reconstructed forms of PIE root in Etymonline and Wiktionary different?

answered May 5, 2018 at 10:52

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What was the original pronunciation of 'ä' in German?

answered May 10, 2018 at 22:53

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Languages with a three-way distinction between voiced, aspirated, and unaspirated stops

answered Feb 14, 2014 at 10:21

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Why is "dyadic" the only word with the prefix "dy-" for "two"?

answered Aug 26, 2019 at 14:23

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Etymology of the Turkish word "rüzgâr"

answered Oct 19, 2021 at 14:02

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Which cultures are big-endian?

answered May 5, 2020 at 11:45

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What did the injunctive mood of Sanskrit do?

answered Dec 14, 2022 at 17:14

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Why is Edenics not recognized as a serious linguistic theory?

answered Apr 29, 2014 at 10:17

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Is دشمن ("enemy" in Persian) borrowed from δυσμενής ("hostile" in ancient Greek)?

answered Dec 11, 2013 at 18:04

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Nations' names for themselves with foreign etymologies

answered Feb 13 at 16:23

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Is historical linguistics still producing new results?

answered Feb 12, 2017 at 22:08

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List of 1000 most common words across all languages

answered Sep 21, 2019 at 14:20

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What are cognates of "fuck" in other Indo-European languages?

answered May 2, 2018 at 17:31

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Why does English have progressive aspect but German does not?

answered Mar 29, 2014 at 22:47

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What is it called in linguistics when you change a word from one part of speech to another?

answered Oct 21, 2014 at 23:05

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Teaching my son Arabic

answered Mar 18, 2015 at 12:59

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Relation between Hebrew 'סמפוניה' and English 'Symphony'

answered Mar 5, 2015 at 12:46

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Why is the word "God" plural in some languages?

answered Jul 19, 2016 at 20:59

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Was there a Greek or Latin name spelled "Jesus" or similarly before the advent of Christianity?

answered Mar 11, 2014 at 0:59

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From Italian to Spanish, consonant + "i" goes to consonant + "l"?

answered Oct 19, 2013 at 9:48

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Hebrew "shemen" versus Latin "semen"

answered Jan 11, 2014 at 11:52

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

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

Why is it called proto-Germanic?

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

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

Are Semitic and Indo-European languages at all related?

Do any languages use {woman} as the root for human?

Why is the word "war" in Romance languages predominantly of Germanic origin instead of Latin?

Are there any scripts which have more than 127 characters?

Why are the reconstructed forms of PIE root in Etymonline and Wiktionary different?

What was the original pronunciation of 'ä' in German?

Languages with a three-way distinction between voiced, aspirated, and unaspirated stops

Why is "dyadic" the only word with the prefix "dy-" for "two"?

Etymology of the Turkish word "rüzgâr"

Which cultures are big-endian?

What did the injunctive mood of Sanskrit do?

Why is Edenics not recognized as a serious linguistic theory?

Is دشمن ("enemy" in Persian) borrowed from δυσμενής ("hostile" in ancient Greek)?

Nations' names for themselves with foreign etymologies

Is historical linguistics still producing new results?

List of 1000 most common words across all languages

What are cognates of "fuck" in other Indo-European languages?

Why does English have progressive aspect but German does not?

What is it called in linguistics when you change a word from one part of speech to another?

Teaching my son Arabic

Relation between Hebrew 'סמפוניה' and English 'Symphony'

Why is the word "God" plural in some languages?

Was there a Greek or Latin name spelled "Jesus" or similarly before the advent of Christianity?

From Italian to Spanish, consonant + "i" goes to consonant + "l"?

Hebrew "shemen" versus Latin "semen"