Irish "duine": "person, human" and Lithuanian "žmogùs": "human" are also close related to *(dʰ)ǵʰmṓn 😀 Additionally, the root <*dʰéǵʰ-> gives "chameleon", "Novaya Zemla" and "Khwarazm" (and thence "alogrithm") www.aidanem.com/word-family-... - ThreadSky

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wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Irish "duine": "person, human" and Lithuanian "žmogùs": "human" are also close related to *(dʰ)ǵʰmṓn 😀

Additionally, the root <*dʰéǵʰ-> gives "chameleon", "Novaya Zemla" and "Khwarazm" (and thence "alogrithm")

https://www.aidanem.com/word-family-human.html

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mattboot.bsky.social•22 days ago

there is a Gaulish inscription that has an awesome dvandva compound TEUOXTONION, wh David Stifter (if my notes are right) transcribes as */dēwo-γdoniyon/ "for gods and humans"

mattitiahu.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s also, iirc, the only example we have that shows that Celtic also partook in the metathesis of thorn-clusters. (Gaulish, Lepontic, and Celtiberian experts – please don’t hurt me.)

wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yeah, I think it is! *gdu is only attested in Goidelic and *gdesi in Goidelic and Brythonic—only reconstructed with the *g by analogy to *gdonyos

Lepontic at least doesn't have attested thorn-clusters

Noric spelling reconstructed *Brog-dos with 𐌙𐌈 <χθ> makes you wonder, but doesn't prove anything

mattboot.bsky.social•22 days ago

love when the reconstruction of an important feature comes down to a single attestation. been encountering a LOT of this in my Coptic/Egyptian readings of late

mattboot.bsky.social•22 days ago

or maybe more literally "for skylings and earthlings"

wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yeah!
https://mnamon.sns.it/index.php?page=Esempi&id=61&lang=en#370

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