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5 answers

5k views

What are the reasons to count Armenian as an Indo-European language?

asked Jan 6, 2012 at 20:30

12 votes

2 answers

3k views

Why IPA does not indicate "soft" consonants in English?

phonology phonetics english ipa russian

asked Aug 1, 2012 at 5:19

10 votes

1 answer

850 views

Etymology of the word "sport"

english etymology proto-indo-european

asked Sep 20, 2012 at 19:59

10 votes

1 answer

441 views

Did the PIE word for "copper" mean "imitation"?

etymology proto-indo-european

asked Oct 3, 2013 at 12:05

10 votes

2 answers

1k views

Do the Belarusians understand the Ukrainian language better than Russians do?

slavic-languages mutual-intelligibility

asked Apr 2 at 11:40

9 votes

4 answers

1k views

Does English language stand special in terms of phonology?

phonology phonetics cross-linguistic english

asked Nov 12, 2012 at 4:53

8 votes

5 answers

856 views

What evidence supports labialized velars in PIE?

phonology proto-indo-european velar

asked Nov 12, 2012 at 15:15

8 votes

4 answers

484 views

Is feminine ending in -a a native feature of Semitic languages?

morphology semitic-languages

asked Apr 20, 2014 at 9:13

7 votes

3 answers

808 views

Is there a known rule of correspondence between Latin and Greek p and kʷ - in other languages?

comparative-linguistics proto-indo-european sound-change

asked Aug 8, 2012 at 4:38

6 votes

1 answer

552 views

What is the origin of feminine ending *-ia in PIE?

gender proto-indo-european

asked Jan 11, 2012 at 3:20

6 votes

1 answer

2k views

Are "arithmetic" and "rhythm" related?

etymology

asked Aug 19, 2014 at 5:02

6 votes

2 answers

831 views

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

latin names greek

asked Apr 15, 2013 at 10:20

5 votes

0 answers

211 views

Is there a prohibition on stems starting with /g/ in PIE?

proto-indo-european

asked Nov 30, 2012 at 11:37

5 votes

2 answers

599 views

Are the Russian "фрязин" and Thai "ฝรั่ง" (farang) related?

etymology russian thai

asked Feb 1, 2013 at 7:18

5 votes

2 answers

693 views

How is the word for "son" reconstructed in PIE?

etymology proto-indo-european

asked Jul 22, 2012 at 14:00

5 votes

1 answer

1k views

What is the origin of the Latin suffix -alis/-alia?

morphology etymology latin adjectives russian

asked Oct 2, 2012 at 20:38

4 votes

1 answer

270 views

Could the -trom ending in PIE be a zero-grade from agent suffix -ter-/-tor-?

morphology proto-indo-european

asked Sep 4, 2012 at 23:57

4 votes

1 answer

189 views

What laryngeal should be reconstructed in PIE word for wasp?

etymology proto-indo-european

asked Oct 9, 2013 at 11:43

4 votes

1 answer

546 views

How future tense was expressed in PIE?

proto-indo-european tense future

asked Nov 14, 2013 at 13:49

4 votes

4 answers

871 views

What is the substrate of Romanian language?

historical-linguistics native-language romanian substrate

asked Jul 29, 2015 at 10:02

4 votes

1 answer

217 views

How strong was the r/l distinction in Proto-Afro-Asiatic?

proto-indo-european phonemes laterals afroasiatic rhotics

asked Apr 23, 2016 at 2:47

3 votes

2 answers

553 views

Are there languages with simple morphology and free word order?

syntax linguistic-typology list-of-languages

asked Jul 20, 2016 at 8:19

3 votes

0 answers

152 views

Are Russian words пять (five), пясть (fist), пятка (heel) related? What about English "fist"?

english etymology proto-indo-european russian numerals

asked Nov 28, 2020 at 10:34

3 votes

2 answers

337 views

In PIE are words for two and for hate connected?

etymology proto-indo-european numerals

asked Feb 28, 2014 at 10:32

3 votes

3 answers

537 views

Etymology of Agamemnon and Priam

etymology names

asked Jul 30, 2014 at 6:04

3 votes

3 answers

603 views

Is there any language where there exist words for smells not connected with smelling objects?

etymology list-of-languages

asked Dec 15, 2014 at 7:20

3 votes

1 answer

461 views

Solution to a typological problem about PIE phonology: are there any facts that contradict this view?

phonology proto-indo-european

asked Oct 9, 2013 at 18:15

3 votes

1 answer

164 views

Are the words for one and for going cognates in PIE?

etymology proto-indo-european numerals

asked Aug 1, 2013 at 1:17

3 votes

1 answer

702 views

How it happened that evolution of "mater" and "pater" is different despite their similar origin?

comparative-linguistics vocabulary proto-indo-european

asked Jan 21, 2012 at 23:08

3 votes

1 answer

327 views

What is the evidence for laryngeal in *méh₂tēr?

comparative-linguistics proto-indo-european vocabulary

asked Jan 22, 2012 at 11:19

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66 Questions

What are the reasons to count Armenian as an Indo-European language?

Why IPA does not indicate "soft" consonants in English?

Etymology of the word "sport"

Did the PIE word for "copper" mean "imitation"?

Do the Belarusians understand the Ukrainian language better than Russians do?

Does English language stand special in terms of phonology?

What evidence supports labialized velars in PIE?

Is feminine ending in -a a native feature of Semitic languages?

Is there a known rule of correspondence between Latin and Greek p and kʷ - in other languages?

What is the origin of feminine ending *-ia in PIE?

Are "arithmetic" and "rhythm" related?

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

Is there a prohibition on stems starting with /g/ in PIE?

Are the Russian "фрязин" and Thai "ฝรั่ง" (farang) related?

How is the word for "son" reconstructed in PIE?

What is the origin of the Latin suffix -alis/-alia?

Could the -trom ending in PIE be a zero-grade from agent suffix -ter-/-tor-?

What laryngeal should be reconstructed in PIE word for wasp?

How future tense was expressed in PIE?

What is the substrate of Romanian language?

How strong was the r/l distinction in Proto-Afro-Asiatic?

Are there languages with simple morphology and free word order?

Are Russian words пять (five), пясть (fist), пятка (heel) related? What about English "fist"?

In PIE are words for two and for hate connected?

Etymology of Agamemnon and Priam

Is there any language where there exist words for smells not connected with smelling objects?

Solution to a typological problem about PIE phonology: are there any facts that contradict this view?

Are the words for one and for going cognates in PIE?

How it happened that evolution of "mater" and "pater" is different despite their similar origin?

What is the evidence for laryngeal in *méh₂tēr?