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0 pointscenamus1y ago0 comments

However, Latin quattuor and english four are related through the PIE word kʷetwóres, as basically all words for 4 in indoeuropean languages are

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yard20101y ago

In my humble linguistics experience where there's smoke there's fire - many new languages words that sound similar may have and common abstract ancestor in one of the old proto languages

shkkmo1y ago

Yet 'consume' and 'consummate' have entirely separate origins so it isn't always a safe assumption.

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0 pointscenamus1y ago0 comments

However, Latin quattuor and english four are related through the PIE word kʷetwóres, as basically all words for 4 in indoeuropean languages are

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yard20101y ago

In my humble linguistics experience where there's smoke there's fire - many new languages words that sound similar may have and common abstract ancestor in one of the old proto languages

shkkmo1y ago

Yet 'consume' and 'consummate' have entirely separate origins so it isn't always a safe assumption.

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