In Paul Friedrich's book Proto-Indo-European Trees he identifies the "semantic primitives" of the Indo-European tribe of languages through a group of words… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
“the word “lead” has an Indo-European root that means “to go forth, die.” — Martin Linsky Copy Share Image
“All Indo-European languages have the capacity to form compounds. Indeed, German and Dutch do it, one might say, to excess. But English… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language that became the sacred tongue of Hindu ritual, and the Greek and Latin languages, as well as… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Containing several hundred languages, among them several world languages, the Indo-European language family is the language family with the most speakers world-wide.” — Sören Eberhardt Copy Share Image
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of… — Benjamin Lee Whorf Copy Share Image
“After all, the Indo-European word cunt was derived from the goddess Kunda or Cunti, and shares the same root as kin and… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
