craftyindividual@lemm.ee to Superbowl@lemmy.world · 1 year agoVermiculated screech owl + flyupload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
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minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat makes sense. My mom is long departed from this world, but she did enjoy to study the languages, particularly Italian, latin etc. I guess it’s where Vermicelli comes from. And Vermiculite… great packing material and also bedding for plants.
minus-squaregonzo0815@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoApologies for the tasteless joke then. Her interest in language makes it even better though. “Worm” is one of the oldest words in PIE languages, see here: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis
minus-squarecraftyindividual@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAh the proto indo European. Romanian is the one that baffles me, because the words have Latin origin, but the sentence structure is off the wall.
minus-squareo0joshua0o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI was just messing around. Your mom sounds cool.
That makes sense. My mom is long departed from this world, but she did enjoy to study the languages, particularly Italian, latin etc. I guess it’s where Vermicelli comes from. And Vermiculite… great packing material and also bedding for plants.
Apologies for the tasteless joke then.
Her interest in language makes it even better though. “Worm” is one of the oldest words in PIE languages, see here: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥mis
Ah the proto indo European. Romanian is the one that baffles me, because the words have Latin origin, but the sentence structure is off the wall.
I was just messing around. Your mom sounds cool.
No offense taken