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47 votes

2 answers

11k views

Could the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs have been deciphered without the Rosetta Stone with modern tech?

undeciphered-writing

asked Nov 3, 2019 at 19:21

13 votes

3 answers

1k views

What are known PIE stock phrases?

proto-indo-european

asked Oct 16, 2019 at 21:27

10 votes

6 answers

3k views

Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

proto-indo-european vocabulary

asked Jan 26, 2020 at 21:41

5 votes

1 answer

859 views

How might one swear in Proto-Indo-European?

etymology historical-linguistics proto-indo-european

asked Nov 5, 2019 at 23:19

4 votes

1 answer

3k views

Why is the word for I know in Spanish "yo sé" and not "yo sabo"?

comparative-linguistics

asked Oct 27, 2019 at 19:32

3 votes

1 answer

1k views

Is Uralic Possibly a Branch of the Indo-European Branch?

historical-linguistics branching

asked Oct 12, 2019 at 13:10

3 votes

1 answer

151 views

When was Proto-Austronesian spoken?

historical-linguistics reconstruction austronesian

asked Nov 6, 2019 at 17:34

3 votes

5 answers

776 views

Could Proto-Indo-Uralic be reconstructed?

historical-linguistics proto-indo-european reconstruction uralic

asked Nov 27, 2019 at 1:47

3 votes

1 answer

934 views

How to make a bilabial approximant sound?

spoken-language

asked Feb 27, 2020 at 22:43

2 votes

1 answer

174 views

Similarities between Proto-Austronesian and Chinese?

historical-linguistics chinese language-families austronesian

asked Feb 21, 2020 at 11:56

2 votes

1 answer

253 views

Is occult cognate with hell?

cognates

asked Dec 7, 2019 at 17:11

2 votes

0 answers

117 views

Did the word circle come from the PIE word *kr-kr, which was said to be the Proto-Indo-European word for circular?

etymology proto-indo-european

asked Nov 15, 2019 at 23:32

2 votes

5 answers

696 views

Does Linear A potentially have the oldest Indo-European text that we know of?

indo-european

asked Oct 29, 2019 at 11:24

1 vote

1 answer

192 views

Where did the word ending ar er ir in Spanish come fom?

etymology spanish

asked Nov 11, 2019 at 21:22

1 vote

2 answers

286 views

What did Proto-Indo-Europeans use words for numbers up to 100 for?

numbers

asked Dec 14, 2019 at 12:51

1 vote

2 answers

306 views

When was Proto-Indo-Uralic spoken?

comparative-linguistics

asked Nov 27, 2019 at 22:49

1 vote

1 answer

125 views

What is the relation between Old English fæsl and Proto-Indo-European *pes-?

etymology cognates

asked Feb 27, 2020 at 11:57

1 vote

1 answer

230 views

Is Latin Proto-Romance?

names

asked Jan 27, 2020 at 3:07

1 vote

2 answers

182 views

When did the sound change from t in PIE to th in Proto-Germanic?

sound-change

asked Jan 1, 2020 at 16:59

1 vote

1 answer

76 views

Global case map

cases

asked Feb 1, 2020 at 16:49

1 vote

1 answer

129 views

internal reconstruction before comparative method

reconstruction

asked Feb 13, 2020 at 11:57

1 vote

3 answers

348 views

Why does it seem that all Proto-Germanic words have PIE roots?

proto-indo-european proto-germanic

asked Mar 26, 2020 at 14:48

1 vote

1 answer

116 views

Could English fracture into a family in the future [closed]

language-families future

asked Apr 15, 2020 at 19:40

1 vote

1 answer

56 views

F/V fronting and audible difference?

sound-change fricatives

asked Apr 23, 2020 at 16:40

1 vote

1 answer

206 views

Sounds between [x] and [h]?

fricatives frontness-backness

asked Jun 24, 2020 at 17:04

1 vote

0 answers

85 views

Is a tracheal consonant possible?

conlang frontness-backness

asked Aug 22, 2020 at 0:46

0 votes

1 answer

85 views

When we breathe through the nose, do we normally make an unvoiced uvular nasal?

ipa nasals

asked Oct 2, 2020 at 12:55

0 votes

2 answers

290 views

Unvoiced schwa?

vowels

asked May 25, 2020 at 15:44

0 votes

2 answers

376 views

Could habere in Latin and have in English (and other germanic languages) be cognate through proto germanic borrowing?

cognates

asked Feb 4, 2020 at 22:53

0 votes

1 answer

118 views

Words cognate with race (in the sense of a speed competition)

cognates

asked Feb 5, 2020 at 20:31

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48 Questions

Could the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs have been deciphered without the Rosetta Stone with modern tech?

What are known PIE stock phrases?

Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

How might one swear in Proto-Indo-European?

Why is the word for I know in Spanish "yo sé" and not "yo sabo"?

Is Uralic Possibly a Branch of the Indo-European Branch?

When was Proto-Austronesian spoken?

Could Proto-Indo-Uralic be reconstructed?

How to make a bilabial approximant sound?

Similarities between Proto-Austronesian and Chinese?

Is occult cognate with hell?

Did the word circle come from the PIE word *kr-kr, which was said to be the Proto-Indo-European word for circular?

Does Linear A potentially have the oldest Indo-European text that we know of?

Where did the word ending ar er ir in Spanish come fom?

What did Proto-Indo-Europeans use words for numbers up to 100 for?

When was Proto-Indo-Uralic spoken?

What is the relation between Old English fæsl and Proto-Indo-European *pes-?

Is Latin Proto-Romance?

When did the sound change from t in PIE to th in Proto-Germanic?

Global case map

internal reconstruction before comparative method

Why does it seem that all Proto-Germanic words have PIE roots?

Could English fracture into a family in the future [closed]

F/V fronting and audible difference?

Sounds between [x] and [h]?

Is a tracheal consonant possible?

When we breathe through the nose, do we normally make an unvoiced uvular nasal?

Unvoiced schwa?

Could habere in Latin and have in English (and other germanic languages) be cognate through proto germanic borrowing?

Words cognate with race (in the sense of a speed competition)