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by uoaei 1023 days ago
It is strange to see Slavic lumped in with Germanic. Is this common practice?
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jagrsw 1023 days ago
Both come from PIE "wódr" for water. Romance languages descended ftom a synonym "ekeh" which resulted in aqua/agua/eau/... and the word itself meant "a body of water" like a lake or a river iirc.
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kepler471 1021 days ago
I only meant this as "similar to the Germanic", I don't know enough to give this category a proper name
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