How are “boon”, “ban”, “prophet” and “fame” related?

“boon” meaning “blessing, benefit” come from Old Norse “bón” where it meant “prayer” or “petition”. This word ultimately comes Proto Indo European *bʰeh₂- where it meant “to say”. “ban” comes from Proto Germanic *bannaną where it meant “curse” or “forbid” and it took came from Proto Indo European *bʰeh₂- “fame” comes from Old French “fame” […]

An article about German replaced with English cognates

The article about the German language in German replaced with English cognates. If a cognate doesn’t exist, I tried to create one that is as close to what the real one would be if it existed Dutch Speech The dutch speech beteewise dutch offcurted Dt., Dtsch., is a West Germanic Speech. Ye speechroom umfetch Dutchland, […]