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The story of “us” in the Germanic languages

By Rolf Weimar There is a change that happened in some West Germanic languages that has obscured the relation between a whole set of words. I would like to explore that change and reveal a connection you might not know about. All modern Germanic languages (English being one of them) are descended from a language […]

Merry and bra – an interesting connection

I think most people don’t like change. It is uncomfortable and it makes people yearn for older times. But change is all around us and this can be seen especially in language. Some words change very little over time. For example, “ship” was “scip” in Old English. It is virtually unchanged in 1200 years. Some […]
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