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Episode 7: More Indo-European Words

The History of English Podcast

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Indo European Root Words - Give and Donate

Both of these words, give and donate, come from separate indo european root words. In modern usage, we consider these words synonyms. The same rude words produced words meaning give in many dialects, but take in other dialects. This suggests that the Indo-European people believed in reciprocal gift giving. And there are other examples of this give take phenomenon.

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