Indo-European word origins in proto-Indo-European (PIE) language: Difference between revisions

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| '''Proto-Indo-European'''|| '''MODERN ENGLISH''' ||'''OLD ENGLISH''' ||'''LATIN''' ||RELATED ENGLISH WORDS||'''SPANISH''' ||'''FRENCH''' || '''GERMAN'''
| '''PROTO-INDO-EUREOPEAN (PIE)'''|| '''MODERN ENGLISH''' ||'''OLD ENGLISH''' ||'''LATIN''' ||'''RELATED ENGLISH WORDS'''||'''SPANISH''' ||'''FRENCH''' || '''GERMAN'''
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|Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) origins, prior to Old Norse (Viking) and French (Normans) invasions & influences
|Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) origins, prior to Old Norse (Viking) and French (Normans) invasions & influences
|Language of Ancient Rome, thus "Romance languages" are derived from it (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian)
|Language of Ancient Rome, thus "Romance languages" are derived from it (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian)
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|Note that some words come to Modern English from '''PIE''' via Old English and others via Latin and Greek
|Romance / Latin-based
|Romance / Latin-based
|Romance / Latin-based
|Romance / Latin-based
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=== Numbers===
=== Numbers===
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| *sem- "one, together"
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| *dwóH₁ , neut. *dwóy(H₁) "two"
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| *tréyes (fem. *tisres,[63] neut. *tríH₂) "three"
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| *kʷetwóres (fem. *kʷétesres, neut. *kʷetwṓr) "four"
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| *pénkʷe "five"
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| *swék̂s "six"
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| *septḿ̥ "seven"
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| H₁ok̂tō(u) "eight"
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| *(H₁)néwn̥ "nine"
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| *dék̂m̥t "ten"
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| *k̂m̥tóm "hundred" < *dk̂m̥tóm
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| *káput ~ *kap-wét-s "head
| *káput ~ *kap-wét-s "head
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| *dn̥ĝʰuH₂-, *dn̥ĝʰwéH₂ "tongue"
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| ĝ(o)nH₂dʰos "jaw, cheek, chin"
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| *ĝénu, ĝnéus "knee
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| *H₁dónt-, *H₁dn̥t- "tooth"
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| *H₃okʷ- "eye"
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| *k̂erd- "heart"; *k̂red-dʰē- "to believe"
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| *nas- "nose"
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