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SORRY FOR THE FORMAT GUYS, BUT IT KEEPS COMPACTING THE TEXT IF I DONT DO SO, I DONT KNOW WHY. Hello everybody. I was thinking about a correspondance i found which lead me to a "rule" i established that can reconstruct primitive Albanian words. The inspiration came from the word "diell" meaning...

Hi, i recently read Vladimir Orel's etymological dictionary for Albanian language and i saw that no clear etymology exists for the word "zëmër" meaning "heart". Thinking about the sound shifts i initially thought about something like *widza-muna and i thought that there can exist some...

i was wondering, in the same way that PIE has been constructed, is it possible to construct a proto language for native european languages which brings together all (or most of) the non-IE languages, based on similar words?

i was very fascinated from numerals from around the world. In particular the word for number 2 in some language: let's compare just for fun: Basque "bi" - Latin "bis" (derives from shift du -> b)- Nimbia (Nigeria) "bi" - Ganda "bbiri" - Swahili "mbili" - Sukuma (Tanzania) "ibili" - Turkic "bir"...

hi, this is a request i have, does anybody know where to find the work of Albert Joris Van Windekens about Pelasgian language as a IndoEuropean language? The only word i found is for Athena as *atta (father) + *ena (feminine suffix).

i'd really like to read about the culture and habits of the Proto-indo-europeans, but the only thing i have is this from Wikipedia: The Proto-Indo-Europeans were a patrilineal society, possibly semi-nomadic, relying largely on agriculture, but partly on animal husbandry, notably of cattleand...

Hello everyone, i created this thread because i am interested in languages and i'd like to post here some words i'd like to know and study the etymology of. I'd also like to post etymologies that i am working on here. Let me introduce myself first First of all i am interested in Albanian...