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November 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
United in diversity.. and gold: gul, gelb, geltona, keltainen, dzeltens, желтый, żółty, kollane & yellow. #BalticLanguages 014
February 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Another group of #Baltic Latin cognates: kocioł, котел, katls, katilas, katilla, kettle, kittel, kedel, der Kessel. #BalticLanguages 015
February 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Берёза, beržas, bȩ̃rzs, brzoza, björk, bjerk, birch & die Birke - an important tree & surname all around the #BalticSea. #BalticLanguages 001
December 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM
A fantastic opportunity to dive into Baltic languages next summer! Scholarships are available for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty.
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November 23, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Multi-speed Baltic derivatives of proto-Germanic kuningaz. A monarch: king, kung, kuningas, der König & konge. Below, the lower level leadership: князь, княгиня, kniaź, książę, kunigaikštis; and one stray Lithuanian form for priest - kunigas. #BalticLanguages 019
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Many #BalticLanguages have taken on proto-Germanic *gatan to denote various paths and passages: gade, gate, gata, gatvė, gatve, die Gasse & katu. English, however, with some exceptions — Viking legacy street names such as Stonegate — has adopted "gate" to mean only a barrier. 020
May 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
A mystery or an obvious effect? The east-west division of the allegedly proto-slavic tъrgъ's influence on the Baltic Sea area (eastern) markets and (western) squares: targ, торг, torg, turg, turgus, tirgus, torget, torv & tori. #BalticLanguages 018
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Baltic-sounding Byzantine Greek vegetable ἀγγούριον [angoúrion]: ogórek, огурец, agurkas, agurk, Gurke, gurka, gurķi, kurk, kurkku - the cucumber. Why is this word even here? #BalticLanguages 017
September 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Bable, babbla, болтать, paplać, plapre, pļāpāt, plepėti, plappern, å pladre - what a babble (or blabbering) the old English left behind. #Balticlanguages 016
April 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Russians use both стул for chair and стол for table. All others are divided between #Rzeczpospolita 'n words for table: stalas, stołek - and all others meaning chairs: stool, der Stuhl, tool, tuoli. #Balticlanguages 013
January 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In some #BalticSea languages one word for cap: czapka, cepure, kepurė, keps, Kappe turned into two - шапка & кепка. #Balticlanguages 012
December 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Who could have though that such a casual word as the beard or bārda, barzda, борода, broda, parta, Bart (and bart - a mustache in Norwegian) can have so many variations? #Balticlanguages 011
December 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Rūgiai, rugta, rug, rudzi, rukis, ruis, rye, rag, ржаной: crops connecting people around the #BalticSea. #Balticlanguages 010
December 20, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Many bernas, berns, barnet, barn, bairn - meanings: a child, a boy, a lad, a laborer - are they all coming from one source?
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December 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Knocking on eight doors around the Baltic sea: tür, durys, durvim, dør, door, dörr, drzwi, dveri. Or more?
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December 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Essen, jeść, есть, ėsti, ēst, eat, ete, aterioida, äta, æde - is #Estonian the only langauge that lacks a word alike around the #BalticSea? #BalticLanguages 007
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Is old east #Slavic пудъ (16.38 kg) the only word close to the #Baltic - pottur, potte, potti, der Pott, pot, pods & puodas? #Balticlanguages 006
December 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Vilkas, Vilks, Wilk, Волк, Wolf, Ulv versus Hunt & Susi - #canislupus inspired names and surnames around the #BalticSea. #BalticLanguages 005
December 20, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Vėtra, vējš, wiatr, ветер ≠ väder, vær, vejr, weather ≠ Gewitter. Do you know any more examples of #Polysemy sailing around the #BalticSea? #BalticLanguages 004
December 20, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Soul, själ, sjæl, sjel, die Seele, siela & sielu vs. slavic forse: сила & siła. Do these words share same #indoeuropean roots? #BalticLanguages 003
December 20, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Vital resource & regional identity source: woda, вода, ūdens, vanduo, vand, vann, vatten, water, das Wasser, vesi & vee. #BalticLanguages 002
December 20, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM