And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Similarities Between Sanskrit and Lithuanian - sort of a follow up to that book I posted, "The Horse, The Wheel and Language."
Plus Arnika is just full of round faced cuteness, and smiles non-stop.
I only listened for a couple of minutes but notices a lot of these words are also similar to Latin. The word for fire (ignis) and man (vir), for example.
we're talkin' PIE, friends- fascinating topic. search Grimm's Law as an aside. it wasn't until India was colonized that these bits and pieces became apparent. nice source: https://www.etymonline.com/
Yeah, from what I’ve read, Lithuanian is the closest non-dead language to the original PIE. And the Online Etymology Dictionary is a fascinating resource, as mentioned above.
Lithuanian immigrants sent their kids to "Saturday" school to learn it. It's tough to speak and write. Tired of being a farm hand for Russians, Granpa came over in '14 to work the mines in PA. Then off to France courtesy of Uncle Sam.
I only listened for a couple of minutes but notices a lot of these words are also similar to Latin. The word for fire (ignis) and man (vir), for example.
ReplyDeletewe're talkin' PIE, friends- fascinating topic. search Grimm's Law as an aside. it wasn't until India was colonized that these bits and pieces became apparent. nice source: https://www.etymonline.com/
ReplyDeleteNice to know, but not that unusual. Heck, Gaelic is similar to drunkin' gibberish
ReplyDeleteYeah, from what I’ve read, Lithuanian is the closest non-dead language to the original PIE. And the Online Etymology Dictionary is a fascinating resource, as mentioned above.
ReplyDeleteIndo-Aryan FTW.
ReplyDeleteLithuanian immigrants sent their kids to "Saturday" school to learn it. It's tough to speak and write.
ReplyDeleteTired of being a farm hand for Russians, Granpa came over in '14 to work the mines in PA. Then off to France courtesy of Uncle Sam.