Proto-germanic

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Do the Runes on the Negau Helmet B Really Date Back Over 2,000 Years?

Ancient Origins 29 Feb 2024

Here, Markey recognizes two elements; the first is Harigast, a common ancient Germanic name, and the other is teiva, derived from proto-Germanic teiwaz, meaning “god.”.

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Lord Byron had many faults, but writing dull letters wasn’t one of them

The Spectator 13 Feb 2024

Not by a proto-psychiatrist but by the German phrenologist and physician Johann Spurzheim, who, after making a detailed study of the no doubt amused Byron’s cranium, pronounced the brain to be ‘very ...

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A Gathering of the Huns

Quillette 23 Jan 2024

The Goths whose society developed under these conditions—which is to say, outside of the late Roman Empire—are the ones whom historians dubbed Ostrogoths (following on the proto-Germanic austra, meaning east).

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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for butternut broth and pastina | A kitchen in Rome

The Guardian 08 Jan 2024

Both the English word broth and the Italian word brodo have the same root, the proto-Germanic bruþą , which means “to boil, bubble, effervesce” in relation to both cooking and brewing, also a “liquid in which something has been boiled” ... ....

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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for butternut broth and pastina

The Observer 08 Jan 2024

Both the English word broth and the Italian word brodo have the same root, the proto-Germanic bruþą, which means “to boil, bubble, effervesce” in relation to both cooking and brewing, also a “liquid in which something has been boiled” ... Prep. Cook ... .

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Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare

Quillette 06 Jan 2024

The Prussian-led forces that invaded France in August 1870 combined units from a proto-national entity known as the North German Confederation with smaller contingents flying the banners of Bavaria, ...

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What methods were used for onboard ship communication during World War I?

The Daily Mail 12 Dec 2023

This form for 11 and 12 can be found in the Proto-Germanic terms Ainlif and Twalif, literally one left (over) and two left (over), and it can be seen how these migrated to become eleven and twelve.

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Trannysaurus Rex: The Activist Academics ‘Queering’ Dinosaurs

The Daily Sceptic 30 Nov 2023

The Lügensteine, or ‘Lying Stones’, of Professor Johann Beringer (1667-1740) were a series of fossils far too good to be true found around the German university-town of Würzburg in 1725 – the reason being they were all fakes.

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How would you say \u2018I miss you\u2019 in an Indian language?

Indian Express 27 Nov 2023

I have just turned 49 ... \u201cHang\u201d, which probably derived from the Old Norse \u201chengja\u201d, meaning to \u201csuspend\u201d or the proto-Germanic \u201changana\u201d, has had a new life in the last couple of decades ... \u201cHangout\u201d.

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Where & when did Russian statehood originate?

Russia Beyond 16 Nov 2023

Staraya Ladoga is a village in Leningrad Region, located on the shores of the Volkhov River, 120 kilometers from St. Petersburg ... His name, as it’s believed, comes from the Proto-Germanic language, the ancestor of Scandinavian languages ... Rurik ... .

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Don’t Take ‘Putin’s Brain’ Dugin at Face Value

Moscow Times 07 Nov 2023

“Neo-Eurasianism” is instead inspired by German proto-fascist thinkers like Karl Haushofer or Carl Schmitt, who described an eternal enmity between continental and sea powers.

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Leather artist makes history one hammer hit at a time

The Vindicator 04 Nov 2023

AUSTINTOWN — The first time Kevin Swadener crafted something using leather was when he made a braided handle for a wooden war hammer ... This led to studying the pre-Viking Elder Futhark Runes, a Proto-Germanic alphabet ... newsvindy.com NEWSLETTER ... .

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Nations backtracking on English

Taipei Times 03 Oct 2023

By Liao Hsien-hao 廖咸浩 ... As English and these countries’ languages — except Finnish — are all Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic, it is much easier for their populace to learn English than others ... These countries’ experiences can be learned from ... .

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Today is: Kiss Day

Mansfield News Journal 24 Sep 2023

Today we celebrate and enjoy kisses. "Kiss" comes from the Old English word "cyssan," which itself came from the proto-Germanic word "kussijanan" or "kuss." This word probably comes from the sound that kissing can make.

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Rise of the Goths

Quillette 31 Aug 2023

All of this dislocation—proto-Germanic peoples bumping up against each other—probably helped trigger the destructive Marcomannic Wars that consumed Rome’s military energies toward the end of the ...