Wolf and wolves and foot and feet
We all know that the plural of foot is not *foots but feet. This is, by...
To be ... or not?
It will have escaped no one, that Germanic languages, such as English...
The erosion of cases
Ink, as a tool for writing, has had a profound...
Stars: seeds of the gods
English star, German Stern, Italian and Latin stella, Greek αστηρ (astēr) and Hindi तारा (tārā), all...
Father Sky in ancient Greek and Sanskrit
In the late stone age, about seven or eight millennia ago, the...
Immortals and their ambrosia
In Greek literature the gods are known as the ἄμβροτοι...
Why are the vowels ए (ē) and ओ (ō) always long?
The vowels ए (ē) and ओ (ō) of Sanskrit, and therefore also...
The wings of man's mind
What ancient Greek and Sanskrit can tell us about our thinking...
Second Language Learning Boosts Your Brainpower... Yes It Really Does!
Every second language learner starts learning a language with an aim. Some...