History of the English Language
Prof. G. Steinberg
Indo-European Languages Exercise
Examine the following data. Which of these mystery languages seem to be
Indo-European? Which seem to be Germanic? What makes you think so?
| English |
Language 1 |
Language 2 |
Language 3 |
Language 4 |
Language 5 |
| "mother" |
/mã:/ |
/moder/ |
/em/ |
/mãe/ |
/mati/ |
| "father" |
/ba:p/ |
/fader/ |
/av/ |
/pai/ |
/otak/ |
| "eye" |
/ã:kh/ |
/Æye/ |
/ayin/ |
/olyo/ |
/oko/ |
| "foot" |
/pã:w/ |
/fot/ |
/regel/ |
/pe/ |
/noga/ |
| "one" |
/ek/ |
/en/ |
/exad/ |
/um/ |
/yedan/ |
| "three" |
/ti:n/ |
/tre/ |
/šloša/ |
/tres/ |
/tri/ |
| "month" |
/mahi:na:/ |
/måned/ |
/xodeš/ |
/mes/ |
/myesec/ |
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