Tracing English as far back as possible

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: 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: Britannica on Nostratic: Proto-Indo-European vocabulary: Simon Pulleyn’s “Secret Life of Language“ is also an enjoyable read ⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: 📝FREE NEWSLETTER: Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok: @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