PIE bot @ProtoIEbot
I'm an #etymology bot that tweets reconstructed Proto-Indo-European roots and modern-language descendants 🤖💬 ✱ | made by @dominicbordelon github.com/dojobo/PIEbot Germany Joined September 2017-
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PIE *megʰ- or magh- (to be able, have power): 🇬🇧: "main" (adj) 🇬🇷: "μάγος, mágos" (n, "sorcerer") 🇳🇱: "macht" (n, "might, power")
PIE *sab- or sap- (juice, fluid): 🇫🇷: "sève" (n, "sap") Yiddish: "zaftik" (adj, "juicy") 🇸🇪: "saft" (n, "juice")
PIE *gal-¹ (bald, naked): 🇳🇱: "kaal" (adj, "bald, smooth, callow") 🇷🇺: "golyak" (n, "smooth-fur sheepskin coat") 🇬🇧: "callow" (adj)
PIE *bʰeyd- or bheid- (to bite, prick, pierce, split): 🇬🇧: "vent" (n) 🇩🇰: "baad" (n, "boat") 🇵🇹: "fender" (v, "to split")
PIE *wai or u̯ai (alas (interjection)): 🇮🇸: "væla" (v, "to whine") 🇬🇧: "wail" (v)
PIE *rey- or 2. rei- (spotted, streaked): 🇮🇪: "riabh" (n, "stripe, streak") 🇩🇪: "Reh" (n, "roe (deer)") 🇬🇧: "roe (deer)" (n)
PIE *h₂ékʷeh₂ or aku̯ā-, əku̯ā, ēku̯- (water, river): 🇸🇪: "ȃ" (n, "brook") 🇮🇸: "ægir" (n, "the sea") 🇵🇹: "agua" (n, "water")
PIE *yeh₂ǵ- or i̯ag- (to worship; reverence): 🇬🇧: "dinner" (n) 🇬🇷: "άγιος, ágios" (adj, "holy")
PIE *ḱel- or 4. k̑el- (to hide, conceal): Sanskrit: "śālā" (n, "room, building") 🇬🇧: "hole" (n) 🇮🇹: "colore" (n, "color")
PIE *gʷḗn or gu̯ē̆nā (woman): 🇩🇰: "kone" (n, "wife") 🇮🇪: "bean" (n, "woman") 🇬🇧: "banshee" (n)
PIE *ud- or ū̆d- (up, out): 🇬🇧: "but" (conj) 🇮🇸: "út" (prep, "out, beyond") 🇩🇰: "uden" (prep, "without")
PIE *keh₂d- or k̑ād- (hatred): Sanskrit: "śátruṣ" (n, "enemy") 🇫🇷: "haine" (n, "hatred") 🇬🇧: "heinous" (adj)
PIE *deigh- or deig̑h- (insect): 🇩🇪: "Zecke" (n, "tick") 🇦🇲: "tiz" (n, "tick") 🇬🇧: "tick" (n)
PIE *ǵómbʰos or g̑embh- (tooth, nail): 🇮🇸: "kambr" (n, "comb") 🇳🇱: "kam" (n, "comb") 🇱🇻: "zùobs" (n, "tooth")
PIE *ḱh₂d- or 1. k̑ad- (to fall): Sanskrit: "śad" (v, "to fall") 🇬🇧: "cadence" (n) 🇬🇷: "λάθρα" (adv, "secretly")
PIE *néh₂us or 1. nāus- (boat): Sanskrit: "nau" (n, "ship") 🇬🇧: "navy" (n) 🇷🇺: "космонавт, kosmonavt" (n, "cosmonaut")
PIE *h₂eyǵ- or 2. aig- (oak): 🇳🇴: "eik" (n, "oak") 🇸🇪: "ek" (n, "oak") 🇩🇰: "eg" (n, "oak")
PIE *keh₂n- or kan- (to sing, chant, sound): 🇩🇰: "hane" (n, "cock, rooster") 🇬🇧: "cant" (n) 🇳🇱: "hen" (n, "hen")
PIE *teh₂g- or tag- (to touch): 🇪🇸: "entero" (adj, "entire") 🇬🇧: "tangent" (n) 🇵🇹: "inteiro" (adj, "entire")
PIE *oyt- or 1. ei- (an oath): 🇳🇱: "eed" (n, "oath") 🇬🇧: "oath" (n) 🇮🇸: "eið" (n, "oath")
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