
Episode 7: More Indo-European Words
The History of English Podcast
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Indo European Vocabulary
The roots of the word weef are unknown. The original indo european speaking people practised epic poetry, a form that used stock phrases. These include terms like driving cattle and the phrase undying fame. We're going to put all these pieces together very shortly to try to determine exactly when and where they lived. And based on archaeological evidence an other historical records, we'll try to identify exactly who these people were.
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