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The word 'basis', a borrowing from Ancient Greek, has the same Proto-Indo-European ancestor as Dutch 'komst' and German '-kunft' (arrival). This illustrates that related words don't have to look alike at all. Greek and the Germanic languages underwent very different sound changes. Click for more:

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Ebers Medical Papyrus, circa 1550 BCE. Oldest attested mention of migraines, as <gs-tp>: "half/side head". Shows up again in Galen of Pergamon 1700 years later with an identical construction: ἡμικρανία <hēmikranía> ἡμικρανία > Lat. hemicrania > O. French migraigne > English megrim, migraine Ow.

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what is a "Kontrastbildung" in this context? bəḥer looks like it's from a diminutive buḥayr- .. is it? and why does Ge'ez baḥr have what usually reflects a long *ā (not *በሕር *bäḥr)? is this a normal development? so many questions 😓

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

There is value in reading classic literature even if you find some concepts or words to be offensive, or if the author was a terrible person by modern standards. The popular idea found in popular books that reading bad things by bad writers makes bad people is unsupported by reality.

submitted 16 hours ago • 13 comments

You laugh but the Temple of Kom Ombo does this with crocodiles and rams. #egyptology

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

He nails it.

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i think someone told me once that ابقى تعمل.. ib2a ti3mil.. kind of means this, or maybe that's more like "eventually get around to [verbing]", i can't remember

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one of my favorite aux phrases in English that seems to carry a lot of nuance, esp as a polite command, is "(to) go ahead and [verb]". it always reminds me of this scene from Office Space: youtu.be/YYFO5qPpM_I?... what are some non-English equivalents to this?

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Of course it is not the most elite institutions with the most resources fighting back. It is those with the fewest resources who serve the most marginalized populations. For these institutions DEI is not an optional add-on but their entire mission.

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Today is the anniversary of the execution of three members of the White Rose, an Anti-Nazi German student resistance group, in 1943: Sophie and Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst. Take a minute to reflect on the powerful words of urgency in their third leaflet shared by @zinnedproject.bsky.social

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Politicizing the military and making it loyal to the president is a major step toward autocracy.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Salwa, a 9-year-old girl, is facing a serious health crisis due to severe malnutrition. She needs urgent care to survive. Please consider donating or sharing to help her get the treatment she deserves. www.gofundme.com/f/help-salwa... 🙏🏻

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hc sunt dracones

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in cypriot maronite arabic ðrofír "fingernails" spéʕep "fingers"

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"your outie is a firm believer in the Altaic hypothesis"

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is Proto-Semitic *ʕiṣ́- "stick, wood" (e.g. Heb ʿēṣ "tree", Akk iṣum "tree, wood", etc.) cognate with Egyptian ḫt */χit/ "tree, wood" (> Coptic ϣⲉ)?

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what if we all did this

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i LOVE making connections in a language i'm learning and then discovering my native language has the same connection & i just wasn't aware of it

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Another CPAC speaker made a Nazi salute today. They're just going to bring this back as a symbol of support for Trumpism and right-wing nationalism, and if we call them Nazis, we'll be accused of being oversensitive and unable to take a joke.

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