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cafard
on Sept 7, 2023
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Are any words the same in all languages?
The Welsh suggests the Ancient Greek "hudor".
richardfontana
on Sept 8, 2023
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That resemblance is coincidental: hudor derives from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (as does English water, wet, winter) while dwr derives from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- "deep" (as does English dip, deep)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...
https://www.etymonline.com/word/*wed-
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