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tipsypancake<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> that the German words installieren and einstellen are actually doublets. The French word installer (&gt; installieren) actually comes from Medieval Latin īnstallāre where the second part comes from Frankish, a Germanic language, and is cognate w/ EN stall, DE/NL stellen. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Germanistik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germanistik</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GermanicLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanicLanguages</span></a></p>
Tim_Eagon<p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=PCE4C9GvqI0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=PCE4C9GvqI</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RobWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobWords</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GermanicLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanicLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLanguage</span></a></p>
Tombe la pluie - Theespookje<p>Would anyone be interested in tribulations on germanic (including said "Scandinavian") languages with anecdotes on their history and some facts? It would include link to articles and resources <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/langue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>langue</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languagelearning</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/germanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germanic</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/germaniclanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germaniclanguages</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scandinavia</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/scandinavian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scandinavian</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/scandinavianlanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scandinavianlanguages</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/nordic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nordic</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dutch</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/german" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>german</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/frisian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frisian</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WestFrisian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestFrisian</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/icelandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icelandic</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iceland</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/norwagian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norwagian</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/danemark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danemark</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/danish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danish</span></a><br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
Brian Hawthorne<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bodhipaksa</span></a></span> You are not alone, although I’ve lost track of when I consider recently to be. I keep thinking the turn of the century was recent instead of a quarter century ago.</p><p>The etymological discussions in Wiktionary are excellent starting points for all sorts of words. In this case, it uncovers the wonderful interactions between Middle English, Old English, Dutch, and Low German.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GermanicLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanicLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FunWithCognates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunWithCognates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WordsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordsOfMastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/wrought" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/wroug</span><span class="invisible">ht</span></a></p><p>Wrought</p><p>The past participle of Middle English werken (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle ġeworht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked.<br>Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).</p>
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