PhlubbaDubba,

You forgot universals, words that wind up with a common derivation in a lot of languages. For example, “Mama” is a common word for mother in completely unrelated languages, because it’s derived from babies frequently making mmm sounds first.

Also animal names derived from the sounds said animals make IIRC Crow is an example of this

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
  • localhost
  • All magazines
  • Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #