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    This document discusses key concepts in historical linguistics including proto-languages, which are reconstructed ancestral languages; etyma, which are original lexical items; and reflexes and cognates, which are descendant and related words. It provides examples of reflexes and cognates of the word for "father" across several proto-languages and daughter languages descended from the Proto-Indo-European language.

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    Introductory Historical-Comparative vocab

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    IntroLing-HistoCompVocab

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    This document discusses key concepts in historical linguistics including proto-languages, which are reconstructed ancestral languages; etyma, which are original lexical items; and reflexes and cognates, which are descendant and related words. It provides examples of reflexes and cognates of the word for "father" across several proto-languages and daughter languages descended from the Proto-Indo-European language.

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    Proto-Languages, Etyma, Reflexes and Cognates: Mother

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    This document discusses key concepts in historical linguistics including proto-languages, which are reconstructed ancestral languages; etyma, which are original lexical items; and reflexes and cognates, which are descendant and related words. It provides examples of reflexes and cognates of the word for "father" across several proto-languages and daughter languages descended from the Proto-Indo-European language.

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    Key Historical-Comparative Concepts

    proto-languages, etyma, reflexes and cognates ProtoDaughters of

    Mother

    P.I.E. language: *pater etymon: reflexes of ;

    cognate with
    ProtoSanskrit Persian Latin Old languages: *pitar *pita *pater etyma: Cognates

    Proto-Germanic *fader

    Sisters

    reflexes of

    cognate wit English father


    Dutch vader Cognates German vater

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