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1. Allison Parrish (aparrish@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2017 09:06:26 EST Allison Parrish

   til i learned that “horse” and “equus” (latin for “horse”) aren’t cognate (the latter from PIE *h₁éḱwos “horse”) but “horse” and “car” are cognate (both ultimately from PIE *ḱers- “run”)

   1. Allison Parrish (aparrish@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Nov-2017 09:12:12 EST Allison Parrish

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      so etymologically “horseless carriage” is like... a runnerless run-thing