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The Ancestral Consonant

Introduction At first glance, the Ancestral consonant system is breathtakingly complex, with an unheard of number of complex consonants. On closer inspection, however, I believe the Ancestral speaker understood it to consist of ten distinct places of articulation and ten … Continue reading

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rowner

Etymology | Origin Middle English rouner ‘whisperer’ Old English runere ‘whisperer’

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rown

Etymology | Origin Old English run ‘rune, mystery, secret’

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edun

Etymology | Origin Old English ea ‘water’ Old English dun ‘down, hill’

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daffydowndilly

Definition | Meaning a daffodil Etymology | Origin Lancashire English

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