"Spring" comes from Proto-Indo-European *spré-n-gʰ-e-, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/spring-from-PIE-sprenghe.wav

*spré-n-gʰ-e- is from *sprégʰ-
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sprenghe-from-spregh.wav
a variant of *s-pérgʰ-
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-spregh-from-spergh.wav

*s-prgʰ-, another variant,
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-spergh-to-sprgh.wav
developed into #Sanskrit स्फूर्ज sphurja “be eager, strive after, desire”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sprgh-to-Sanskrit-sphuurja.wav
and #Pashto sprəž “blossom”
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sprgh-to-Pashto-spraZ.wav

Perhaps.

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Audio Etymologies of the Season

"Spring" — to move or burst out rapidly or energetically — comes from Proto-Indo-European *spré-n-gʰ-e-, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/spring-from-PIE-sprenghe.wav

*spré-n-gʰ-e- is derived from *sprégʰ-:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sprenghe-from-spregh.wav

*sprégʰ- is from *s-pérgʰ- [spɘrgʱ]:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-spregh-from-spergh.wav

A variant, *s-prgʰ- developed into Pashto sprəž “blossom”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sprgh-to-Pashto-spraZ.wav

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Pashto

Launching a free 'Dysgu #Cymraeg' (Learn #Welsh) module for native speakers of #Syrian #Arabic, #Ukrainian, #Farsi and #Pashto, to introduce Wales and its language.
Partnered with #SaySomethingInWelsh #SSIW

Original article in Welsh, here:
https://golwg.360.cymru/newyddion/cymru/2113897-lansio-pecyn-dysgu-cymraeg-trwy-gyfrwng-arabeg

#linguistics #languagemastodon
@linguistics @languagelovers

Audio Etymologies of the Day

English "jowl" comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (perhaps [ʤeb]) something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/jowl-from-PIE-geb.wav

The same word *ǵebʰ- developed into Urdu جبڑا jabra, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-geb-to-Urdu-jabra.wav

*ǵebʰ- is also the ancestor of Persian جویدن jawidan and Pashto zoyəl "to chew"
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-zoyal-chew-JOWL.wav

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Urdu #Persian #Pashto

Audio Etymologies of the Day

English "jowl" comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (perhaps [ʤeb]) something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/jowl-from-PIE-geb.wav

The same word developed into Urdu جبڑا jabra, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-geb-to-Urdu-jabra.wav

It's also the ancestor of Persian جویدن jawidan and Pashto zoyəl "to chew"
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-zoyal-chew-JOWL.wav

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Urdu #Persian #Pashto

Tidbits like #Pashto and #Albanian only sharing ~7% of their core lexicon #IndoEuropean #Language #Linguistics

Audio Etymology of the Day

English "I" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵh₂ [heɟɐ̥], something like this (ignoring the final [ɐ̥]):

🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/I-from-PIE-h2eg.wav

The same root developed into Ossetian æз [az], something like this:

🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eg-to-Ossetian-az.wav

(Compare Pashto زه‎ za [zə] 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-za-M1.wav)

@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto

Audio Etymology of the Day

English "I", comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵh₂ [heɟɐ̥], something like this (ignoring the final [ɐ̥]):

🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/I-from-PIE-h2eg.wav

The same root developed into Ossetian æз [az], something like this:

🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eg-to-Ossetian-az.wav

Compare Pashto زه‎ za [zə] 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-za-M1.wav

@linguistics #acoustic #phonetics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #EnglishLanguage #Ossetian #Pashto

Audio etymology of the day

English "six" comes from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱs, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/six-from-PIE-sweks.wav

(This improves on/corrects a version I put online before at http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html - not quite right.)

The same root developed into S. Pashto شپږ ʃpaʐ, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Pashto-SpaZ.wav

In Persian, the root comes out as ʃeʃ or ʃiʃ:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Persian-shesh-shish.wav

#Audio #Phonetics #Synthesis @linguistics #Philology #Etymology #Pashto #Persian #IndoEuropean

Audio etymology of the day

English "six" comes from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱs, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/six-from-PIE-sweks.wav

(This improves on/corrects a version I put online before at http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/ancient-sounds-database.html, isn't quite right

The same root developed into S. Pashto شپږ ʃpaʐ, something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Pashto-SpaZ.wav

In Persian, the root comes out as ʃeʃ or ʃiʃ:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Persian-shesh-shish.wav

#Audio #Phonetics #Synthesis @linguistics #Philology #Etymology #Pashto #Persian #IndoEuropean

The absolute hold that this line has on me right now

خوښرنګه یاره راسه پنځه ورځې یو دلې
اصلي وطن مو بل دی صبا بېرته ځو اورې

Come my beautiful love, our time here is fleeting
Our true home is elsewhere and we'll be going back there soon

#Afghan #Afghanistan #Poetry #Pashto #Translation

So tired of tags related to #Afghanistan and the #Afghan people being nothing but war. If you put "afghanistan" into Lexica all you see is the US military, the Joker (why??), war and explosions

It doesn't need to be like this on #Mastodon

I'll start, and I hope other people will join in

This is a new version of the first piece of #AfghanMusic I heard in my late teens, which led to a decade spanning quest to learn #Dari and #Pashto

Big Cheb Khaled + Rai vibes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKTeJx21dk

This is fun. I watched a video about #Pashto and took notes about the differences from
Arabic. It’s messy but I think it’s kind of cool. X means the letter doesn’t exist. #languages