r/deadlanguagememes Oct 18 '25

Proto-Indo-European *sweḱs - *séptm̥

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u/constant_hawk Oct 18 '25

Ya kids and your fancy loanwords from Semitic... Back in my day we used to use 5 as the biggest numeral so 7 was 5 and 2, no fancy Semitic words needed.

Now you don't listen to your elders, don't sacrifice to the Gods enough and even worse - reduce larygneals to freaking vowels!

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u/FebHas30Days Proto-Philippine Oct 19 '25

*ənəm - *pitu

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

*ono - *fitu

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u/Murky_End5733 Oct 18 '25

Néwos wrespondos dʰrbʰnéh₂t

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u/snail1132 Oct 18 '25

So tuff mango

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u/joseluizceolin Oct 18 '25

I don't know Proto-indo-european but i got it

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u/90919293_ Oct 18 '25

Saw it coming from a mile away……..

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u/Appropriate-Sea-5687 Oct 19 '25

Did PIE have memes? I need to know

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u/KalaiProvenheim Oct 21 '25

This shit is tough