The *Bʰlog

For those teachers of Indo-European linguistics out there, I thought it might be helpful to detail how my students were able to compose an Indo-European fable on their own. I Continue Reading →...

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Many new parents think long and hard about what name they will give their newborn. There are countless books and websites devoted to helping you pick the name that sounds Continue Reading →

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Indo-European (IE) languages undoubtedly share many similarities with each other, as they all sprang from the same mother tongue, Proto-Indo-European (PIE). But it may strike you as  odd tha...

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The first thing that you may be asking yourself is “what in the world is taboo deformation”? Taboo deformation happens when a word or concept is deemed inappropriate to talk Continue Reading ...

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After Grimm’s Law, or the First Germanic Sound Shift, the Germanic language family underwent a sound change that affected a range of consonant sounds. This change is known as the Continue Readi...

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Everyone has heard the myth of the founding of Rome: twins Remus and Romulus are found and raised by wolves. Romulus kills Remus (perhaps as a sacrifice). Rome is created. Continue Reading →

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The death of Muhammad in 632 AD initiated the infamous Islamic Conquest, in which missionaries traveled from Arabia across North Africa and into the Iberian Peninsula, educating locals on both Co...

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Way, way back…  According to what we understand of the weapons, tools, and other items they left behind, the ancient people who spoke the language that we know today as Continue Reading →

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PIE: *Médhu n̥dhgwhitóm  ‘Honey Everlasting’ *gwénh2 h1est. sáh2 h3réḱs pótnih2. There once was a woman, who was the wife of the king. mədhéu̯ei̯ su̯áh2deu̯ei̯ ḱléu̯os ...

https://blog.as.uky.edu/thebhlog/?p=61

After the Archaeology recordings went viral I was asked a number of questions, ones which I’d like to address here. How do you know what Proto-Indo-European (PIE) sounded like? My Continue Read...

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