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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.
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.