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Bit of trivia: the Chinese word for honey 蜜 (Mandarin mì, Cantonese mat6, Japanese mitsu) may be a borrowing from Tocharian, cognate with the English word "mead
by retrac 1mo ago
Bit of trivia: the Chinese word for honey 蜜 (Mandarin mì, Cantonese mat6, Japanese mitsu) may be a borrowing from Tocharian, cognate with the English word "mead".
- oliculipolicula 1mo agoCheck out the cognates for arrow, car (chariot) and horse (mare) Old school tech exchange, basically https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24918 https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=24918