• Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Hmm, I wonder where Lithuanian “ratas” comes from then.

    Answering my own question:

    From Proto-Italic *rotā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-eh₂, from *Hreth₂- (“to run”).

      • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
        01·
        9 months ago

        A lot of Finnish and Estonian words for agriculture and tools came from the Baltic languages via trade. The theory is that Finns didn’t do agriculture before that trade occurred. Which of these can you understand without looking them up?

        Jautis/Karvė

        Avinas/Avis

        Ožys/Ožka

        Kirvis

        Kūjis

        Dalgis

        Kvietys/Kviečiai

        Aviža/Avižos

        Miežys/Miežiai