Latvian
โ EditThe Latvian languages are renowned among linguists for preserving some features of PIE especially well.
Some forms of Egyptian also seem closer to Latvian than other languages:
| ๐ด ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป | ย | run | skriet@LAT+++ spurt/scourt/escort courant scout (courier) โ Schritte๐ป |
while the word beard โ๐๐๐๐
ฑ๐๐ธโ contains the letters _b_๐
ฑd for beard, the other letters so far were inexplicable.
The situation looks much less dire in Latgalian:
| ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ฑ ๐ ๐ธ | ย | beard | < ๐๐๐ ฑ๐โผ๐bzvdโโผbuorzda@ Latgalian ๐๐ ฑ๐ โผ เคธเคพเคฅ sฤth |
drink ๐ด๐
จ๐๐๐ GER.ti
drink ๐๐๐ dkr/dger โผ GERti < Tiger/Tigris?
dgert โ durst
to live: Gyventi > GENE โฆ
to know: ism < iลกmanyti < wis.man.do / wisdom < weise.tun / Waฤซstun <3 !!!
๐ณ Garment matches fine ๐ด+๐ +๐+๐, however Latvian offers a different reading:
๐ณ suknelฤ : s+gmn+nil < ๐ด+๐ +๐. We have yet another totally different order in a similar word
๐ ๐๐๐๐ณ Mรถnchskutte? same signs
These may be puns, dialectic readings, or just different words with the same โrootโ letters.
Also see https://github.com/pannous/hieros/tree/master/dicts/swadesh/BALTIC.csv