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This is the entry for 'poika' in a Finnish etymological dictionary (Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja), run through deepl: "The word has definite etymological equivalents in both c…

The English title is 'Quest for Fire'. There are actually two distinct languages (a kind of Proto-Proto-Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Proto-Proto-Uralic) spoken in the movie, creat…

For comparison: Spanish has around 4000 words of Arabic origin. I don't think anyone ever called Spanish almost Semitic.

There is a technical linguistic term for it - th fronting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th-fronting Apparently it's been around for quite a bit of time.

Likewise here in Germany. 0.79 €/500 g for the own brand in just about every supermarket (it used to be 0.49 € before inflation hit).

There is an effect called dispersion, which causes different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation to travel through a medium at different speeds (lower frequencies => slower). …

The Finnish course is especially bad in this regard. You learn the words for 'lynx' (ilves) and 'wolverine' (ahma), but not for 'left' and 'right'.

Standing calf raises train the gastrocnemius and the soleus. Many gyms also have a seated calf raise machine which is meant to isolate the soleus. I don't think I ever felt anythin…

Depends on the activity level. According to this calculator: https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html his (assuming a dude) energy expenditure is: Basal metabolic rate: 1819 …

There's also a video series to go along with the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTle8uT7NEM&list=PLmXNllWcFF...

There seems to be a Kazakh translation by a guy called Medeubai Kurmanov. See: http://www.rusnauka.com/9_NND_2014/Philologia/6_162301.doc.h... Quote: 'The first part of tragedy in …

Not to be pedantic, but I think 'laying' has a different etymology, namely this one (quote from the OED): 'lay, v.1 General sense: To cause to lie. [OE. lęcgan = OFris. ledsa, lega…

There are other bi-/trilingual texts, like the decree of Canopus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_of_Canopus

Here's a website with a list of such textbooks for various languages: https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazio...

Pareto made a distinction between 'residues' (psychological bases underlying social action) and 'derivations' (rationalizations by members of society as justifications of those act…

Here is a 2020 review of more recent studies: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/antioxidants/

Yes, those units are called 'semantic primes/primitives': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_primes

A random sentence: 'To earn money to support myself and approve “Asians are NOT stupid”, I started to look up information online [....]' She seems to be mixing up 'approve' and 'pr…

Probably 'Bruttoinlandsprodukt', German for GDP.

About one third of the original vocabulary is derived from Germanic languages (prominent examples: birdo, fajro, ŝtono, strato). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto_etymol…

स्मृति smṛti = remembrance, reminiscence, memory

Sounds a bit like what the Wordflex app does: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordflex-touch-dictionary/id...

Rule #1 should probably be complemented with Tyler Cowen's proviso: If the book lists PhD after the author's name, run the other way.

Shortwave listening used to be the gateway drug for many hams. That's the reason for the apparent overlap. Receivers of this type are pretty useless on the ham bands. You can't eve…