Tracing English as far back as possible

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Enjoy this exploration to Proto-Indo-European! And start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️ Here: https://go.babbel.com/t?bsc=usa-influ-eg-dt-1m&btp=default&utm_term=generic_v1&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=robwords&utm_content=Influencer..Jul-2024..USA-TATAM..1200m60-yt-robwords-jul-2024 In this episode, we'll trace English back to its oldest known ancestor: an ancestor it shares with almost all of Europe's languages, as well as some Asian languages. That ancestor is called Proto-Indo-European. I also talk about the controversial Nostratic language family and ask whether there could really be a "Proto-Earth" language. 📚LINKS📚 Quellant reading P-I-E: https://youtu.be/P78SJf8NL2k?si=cXBXvb4pVN3NYFzh Britannica on Nostratic: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nostratic-hypothesis Proto-Indo-European vocabulary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_vocabulary Simon Pulleyn's "Secret Life of Language" is also an enjoyable read ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: patreon.com/robwords 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: http://www.robwords.com/newsletter Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: http://robwords.com http://x.com/robwordsYT http://tiktok.com/@robwords #English #etymology #linguistics ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 0:17 English language family tree 0:57 What is Proto-Indo-European? 1:43 How P-I-E was discovered 5:00 Comparing Indo-European languages 7:20 Babbel 8:47 Tracing words to P-I-E 12:30 Surprisingly related words 15:45 What did P-I-E sound like? 16:55 Nostratic language 19:42 Proto-World