A Grimm Overview

Episode 4: Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (language) SummaryBy: Michael Cotter

A Grimm Overview+HistoryJacob & WilliamWilliam focused on writingJacob focused on languageSimilar cognate Cognate a word formed from a common word spoken in a common, ancient, ancestral language. Simply coincidenceBorrowed into a languagei.e. English from FrenchFocus on German nationalism and languageLooked into heribatesNot just similar looking words words that shared a distinct pattern to explain similarities and differencesNot whole words sounds within the wordsLooked into over 1,000 wordsNotes specific difference in Germanic & non-Germanic+DiscoverySystematic change that occurred in German tribes after separation from European groupsPeople in collective tribe spoke language xTribes separate and migrate but keep languageLanguage evolved in separate tribes thus different words and pronunciationsExamples:P sound shifts to FFatherPaderPaterFeetPusPedpodPenPenne (Latin for feather)

+AlphabetCourtesy of Walt Disney Worlds Spaceship Earth

+9 Sound-Shiftsf to pFather & Paderd to tDuo twoDecim tenBitter, hitter, latterk to hHeart vs. kordCur (French)Corazon (Spanish)Cardiac Horn & cornuCornucopia (horn of plenty)t to thTres & threeb to pDubas (Lithuanian) & deep g to kKin & gennis (genetics)Agger & acre be to bde to dge to g+One Step FurtherDuo & TwoDuellum war/conflictBellum war/conflictAntebellum before the warRebellion fight against

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