Linguistics discussion (split from new factions thread)

**Viking_Wårlord** · 11-21-2008, 16:56

Originally Posted by ziegenpeter

Tellos Athenaios mentioned it at the same place as mouton and porc. It can suggest, that he thinks brother is a loan word.
Is it? I don't think so.

The word 'brother' comes from the old English(or ålde Englisc) 'broðor'...

Welcome>Wilcume
thee(you)>Þê
sister>sweostor
Hail!>Hal!

**ziegenpeter** · 11-21-2008, 18:20

Originally Posted by Viking_Wårlord

The word 'brother' comes from the old English(or ålde Englisc) 'broðor'...

which comes from germanic "*broþer"... but lets get back to topic.

I'd actually love another gemanic faction and for the gameplay balance in this region it would make totally sense. Unfortunatly these aren't criteria for a new faction.
I think its very hard to do the research for germanic cultures...

PS: Never thought of a common etymology of skål and skull...

**Cyrus** · 11-23-2008, 15:51

Originally Posted by Viking_Wårlord

The word 'brother' comes from the old English(or ålde Englisc) 'broðor'...

Welcome>Wilcume
thee(you)>Þê
sister>sweostor
Hail!>Hal!

no not really, it's a indo-european word, it's found in almost every modern western language, eg. latin frater,anchent greek phrater,italian fratello, and it went in the germanic language and consecuently inglish starting as brohtir, and evolving in modern day brother.

**Viking_Wårlord** · 11-23-2008, 17:49

Originally Posted by Cyrus

no not really, it's a indo-european word, it's found in almost every modern western language, eg. latin frater,anchent greek phrater,italian fratello, and it went in the germanic language and consecuently inglish starting as brohtir, and evolving in modern day brother.

I was talking about It's germanic form...about indo-european words:
Father(english)>Vater(german)>far(danish)>Pater(latin)>père(french)>padre(spanish)
>पिता/fatir(hindi)>pakir/(Persian/farsi)پدر

**Wausser** · 11-24-2008, 19:21

Originally Posted by Viking_Wårlord

I was talking about It's germanic form...about indo-european words:
Father(english)>Vater(german)>far(danish)>Pater(latin)>père(french)>padre(spanish)
>पिता/fatir(hindi)>pakir/(Persian/farsi)پدر

vader in dutch

**Cartaphilus** · 11-24-2008, 20:46

Some interesting links about the Indo-European.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/

An Indo-European "translator":
http://indo-european.info/2008/01/01...-10-post-wlqo/

Obviously the words you have mentioned are all of Indo-European origin.
They are simple words, and have evolved very little in thousands of years.

**Viking_Wårlord** · 11-24-2008, 22:17

Originally Posted by Cartaphilus

Some interesting links about the Indo-European.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/

An Indo-European "translator":
http://indo-european.info/2008/01/01...-10-post-wlqo/

Obviously the words you have mentioned are all of Indo-European origin.
They are simple words, and have evolved very little in thousands of years.

Though the words I have used are of the most commonly used,indeed, orphans are rare nowadays...

**Viking_Wårlord** · 11-24-2008, 22:28

For what's of military terms....here we go:

war>crīgā(gave german 'krieg' and danish 'krig')
fight>skermō(gave the word 'skirmish')
die>dhewə (gave Deyja(old norse))
kill>colḗjō (nothing to explain here)
destroy>dheukō (here neither...)

I also may remind that, there was no 'proto-indo european' as a single dialect but many languages composed this 'proto-indi-european language' hence some words gave latin,others gave slavic,baltic,germanic and so on...