I always find it interesting when a language reveals or clarifies connections between two others….

I always find it interesting when a language reveals or clarifies connections between two others.

Like, it’s not obvious at first glance that cheese and queso are related, but if you also know Käse, they’re clearly all the same word.

Similarly, I could never see the connection between John & Ivan, until I realized that if you write Juan in all-caps ancient Roman chiseled stone style, it comes out as IVAN. (I know that’s not how it happened, but it makes the connection clearer.)

#linguistics

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