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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread words and their Indo-European root #198559 03/29/11 06:55 AM Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 A Ashok OP stranger OP Ashok stranger A 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198570 03/29/11 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198572 03/29/11 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198580 03/29/11 03:12 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198598 03/29/11 11:14 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 G goofy member goofy member G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 132 Calvert Watkins explains Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: words and their Indo-European root goofy #198603 03/29/11 11:29 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198659 03/31/11 07:43 AM Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 2 A Ashok OP stranger OP Ashok stranger A 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 Re: words and their Indo-European root Ashok #198670 03/31/11 02:51 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,933 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 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,614 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 112 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,735 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,933 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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