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Are Japanese 蜂 "hachi" and Korean 벌 "beol" (bee, stinging insect) supposed to come from Nostratic pülcwV (flea) or from Nostratic ṗVrV (bee)?

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Origin of the Russian adjectival endings -ий/-ия/-ие

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Could the Romanian gând/gândi (thought/think) be ultimately of Latin and/or Albanian origin?

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The etymological dictionary of Persian by Mohammad Hassandust

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In Old Norse, why are Neutre Adjectives, Determiners, and Possessives affixed by <-t>?

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How did the modern Croatian island name "Cres" evolve from "Krepsa"? Did the 2nd Slavic Palatalization somehow surmount the 'r'?

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Apophony: Latin 'imberbis'

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