𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. #phonetics #speech #linguistics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dorset #wildflowers #orchids #justified #ancient #nobridge
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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. #phonetics #speech #linguistics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dorset #wildflowers #orchids #justified #ancient #nobridge
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Apr 17, 2026
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀
English "bellows" and "belly" come via Anglo-Saxon beliġ and Proto-Germanic *balgi- from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ- "bag", perhaps something like this (listen):
🔊 bellows-from-PIE-bholgh.wav
This simulation of *bʰólǵʰ- has initial [b], not [bʱ], as it's computed from recordings of Irish bolg, "bag", also a cognate.
The same PIE root developed into Persian بالش bālish "pillow", like this:
🔊 PIE-bholgh-to-Persian-balesh.wav
Related words are found in other Iranian languages, e.g. Pashto بالښت balacht, Ossetian baʒ/baz, as well as in Slavic, e.g. Slovenian blazina.
When I originally posted about this in November 2021, the linguist Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social pointed out that Danish bælg (seed pod of legumes and bellows) is also a cognate!
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian
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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. #phonetics #speech #linguistics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dorset #wildflowers #orchids #justified #ancient #nobridge
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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉
@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk
Audio modelling of sound change; computer simulations of speech from old languages. Account of retired Prof. John Coleman. Also wildlife, personal opinions etc. #phonetics #speech #linguistics #etymology #ProtoIndoEuropean #Dorset #wildflowers #orchids #justified #ancient #nobridge
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Apr 14, 2026
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀
The English word "ankle" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-ul- [aŋgʊl], the stem *h₂eng- meaning perhaps "joint". Listen:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ankle-from-PIE-h2eng.wav
In Persian *h₂eng- developed into انگشت angusht, "digit" i.e. finger or toe:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eng-to-Persian-angusht.wav
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian
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Tehuti
@tehuti88@universeodon.com
Hi! I'm tehuti88 (Rachel). I write & draw but am not very good at either. I'm just getting into genealogy (thus the Germany-looking eagle thing in my banner) & I constantly daydream about my story ideas. I'm painfully shy (I have crippling social anxiety disorder), so I lurk & talk to myself more than directly interact. I recently lost my dad & have come here to try to work through my grief. Plz don't mind if I follow you, I'm not a creeper honestly. ;_;
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Tehuti
@tehuti88@universeodon.com
Hi! I'm tehuti88 (Rachel). I write & draw but am not very good at either. I'm just getting into genealogy (thus the Germany-looking eagle thing in my banner) & I constantly daydream about my story ideas. I'm painfully shy (I have crippling social anxiety disorder), so I lurk & talk to myself more than directly interact. I recently lost my dad & have come here to try to work through my grief. Plz don't mind if I follow you, I'm not a creeper honestly. ;_;
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Jul 23, 2023
Uhm... #introduction
Nothing really to say about me as a person, I have crippling #anxiety & so no life/accomplishments to speak of. Here are some of my interests, I'm an expert on none.
#writing #writers #fiction #books #etymology #language #journaling #blogging #art #DigitalArt #genealogy #photography #NaturePhotography #history #psychology #Jung #geology #trees #forest #Lovecraft #WeirdFiction #TrueCrime #LawAndOrder #politics #asexual #LGBT #paranormal #panentheism (appears nobody's into that) #anthro (like #furry , sort of) #Michigan #MackinacIsland #GreatLakes #spirituality (not organized religion, no) #Anishinaabe #Haudenosaunee (I'm of European descent--don't wish to give a false impression) #AncientEgypt #mythology #myths #folklore #MentalIllness #MentalHealth #SocialAnxiety #depression #autism (not diagnosed--again, don't want to mislead) #NeueDeutscheHarte #SymphonicMetal #PennsylvaniaDutch #PennsylvaniaGerman #Urglaawe #heathenry uhh...maybe more later.
2026 update: I post political stuff & am kind of inconsistent with warnings/tags. I see such things bother some users, but I'm tired of policing everything I say in my own space, so, just a heads-up you may want to mute me.
I welcome followers & try to reciprocate, but if you seem like a bot, or I can't figure out why you followed me, or if you post "Genocide Joe/Killer Kamala/Both sides are equally bad" content, I will almost certainly not follow back. Please just avoid me.
Apologies if I'm doing anything wrong, I mean no offense.
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Deborah Pickett
@futzle@old.mermaid.town
/ˈfʌtsl̩/, she/her. Rated PG [some adult themes]. Wurundjeri land aka Melbourne, Australia. Singer-songwriter; sysadmin; quilt tragic; cartography geek; synth nerd; queer elder. Once programmed a time zone library in Forth and an XSLT processor in XSLT. On Fediverse since 2018. BDFL of old.mermaid.town. #nobot
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Deborah Pickett
@futzle@old.mermaid.town
/ˈfʌtsl̩/, she/her. Rated PG [some adult themes]. Wurundjeri land aka Melbourne, Australia. Singer-songwriter; sysadmin; quilt tragic; cartography geek; synth nerd; queer elder. Once programmed a time zone library in Forth and an XSLT processor in XSLT. On Fediverse since 2018. BDFL of old.mermaid.town. #nobot
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@futzle@old.mermaid.town
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Feb 18, 2026
Today’s fun English suffix is “-age”, a very flexible nounifier.
“-age” can be stuck on a verb to mean “the thing that is verbed”. Luggage, coverage, appendage, wreckage.
It can be stuck on a verb to mean “the place where verb happens”. Storage, carriage, anchorage.
It can be stuck on an adjective or even another noun to abstract the word’s core concept. Shortage, postage, percentage, roughage, leverage.
It can go on a concrete noun to refer to the noun’s quality collectively. Peerage, sewerage (all the pipes), footage (length of film), mileage.
Then there are words which look like they might have an “-age” suffix but it’s just a coincidence. Sausage, message, advantage.
#etymology #english #language
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