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  2. Ask and Embla - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of Ask and Embla (1919) by Robert Engels. Old Norse askr literally means "ash tree" but the etymology of embla is uncertain, and two possibilities of the meaning of embla are generally proposed. The first meaning, "elm tree", is problematic [clarification needed], and is reached by deriving *Elm-la from *Almilōn and subsequently to ...

  3. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

  4. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  5. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words, including their constituent units of sound and meaning, across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics , etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [ 1 ]

  6. Indo-European vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    The following conventions are used: Cognates are in general given in the oldest well-documented language of each family, although forms in modern languages are given for families in which the older stages of the languages are poorly documented or do not differ significantly from the modern languages.

  7. Old English - Wikipedia

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    At the start of a word, the usual pronunciation is palatalized sċ /ʃ/. Between vowels in the middle of a word, the pronunciation can be either a palatalized geminate /ʃː/, as in fisċere /ˈfiʃ.ʃe.re/ ('fisherman') and wȳsċan, /ˈwyːʃ.ʃɑn ('to wish'), or an unpalatalized consonant sequence /sk/, as in āscian /ˈɑːs.ki.ɑn/ ('to ask

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    Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!

  9. African-American Vernacular English - Wikipedia

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    Early AAVE and Gullah contributed a number of words of African origin to the American English mainstream, including gumbo, [101] goober, [102] yam, and banjo. [ 103 ] Compounding in AAVE is a very common method in creating new vocabulary.