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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread words and their Indo-European root #198559 03/29/2011 6:55 AM Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 Ashok stranger Ashok stranger Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 I don´t get the correlation between Words and their Indo-European root. Like how accolade correlates with kwel? Can someone help me to understand the link? Regards Ashok Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198570 03/29/2011 10:50 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The thing to know is that sound changes generally follow certain paths. An initial /kw/ in Proto Indo-European (PIE) became a simple /k/ sound in Latin. That same sound became an initial /t/ in Greek and /hw/ in Germanic languages. English wheel is another word in this group. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198572 03/29/2011 12:38 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Like how accolade correlates with kwel? The other thing to remember about many Latin-derived words is that one needs to unpack them by removing any affixes to see the root: Vulgar Latin *acccolō, acccolāre, 'to embrace' < Latin ad- 'to' (related to English at) + collum 'neck' (< PIE *kwel-). Also, not all initial PIE *kw- > Latin co-: there's all those pronouns, e.g., quis 'who', quod 'what', etc. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198580 03/29/2011 3:12 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME ASHOK ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198598 03/29/2011 11:14 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 goofy member goofy member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Calvert Watkins explains Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root goofy #198603 03/29/2011 11:29 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Very interesting read. Thanks. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198659 03/31/2011 7:43 AM Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 Ashok stranger Ashok stranger Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 Thanks everyone for sharing their examples :-). Regards Ashok Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198670 03/31/2011 2:51 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,974 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Don't be a stranger! ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,287 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 8 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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