PROTO INDO EUROPEAN
Yeah! You heard that right, its a mystery why this word has retained its root form for thousands of years… ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് വർഷങ്ങളായി മാറ്റമില്ലാതെ നിൽക്കുന്ന " വിധവ " എന്ന PIE വാക്ക്... Proto Indo-European - h₁widʰéwh₂ English - Widow Gothic - widuwō Latin - vidua Sanskrit - vidhávā Iranian - vidhávā Russian - vdova Old Prussian - widdewū (Representing the Baltics) Welsh - gweddw Western Frissian - widdo Belarussian - udava Spanish - viuda Marathi - vidhavā So….. and so many more but can anyone please give me an explanation on why this word has retained such a recognizable form even though its not like other cognates?? Maybe I accidentally found the most retained phrase in IE too… English - You are a Widow Old English - Thou art Widow Hindi - Tu vidhava hai Latin - Tu vidua es Marathi - Tu vidhava ahes Ain’t it honestly fascinating?? ANOTHER PIE WORD STAN The surprisingly unchanged ancient PIE, protoIndoEuropean root stahn, is still commonly used in m...