962: give (and PIE) Jul 28, 2017

Everything that it said about the theorized language of Proto-Indo-European is all based on comparing Indo-European languages that are studied now, both living and dead languages. Some linguists have noted a trend in which words meaning 'give' often are related to words meaning 'take' etymologically. Sometimes these words no longer have those meanings and the only reason we know of any relation is from historical documents, but there are also some more obvious ones. The word 'give' for example, is Germanic from a Scandinavian origin and is similar to other words that have the same meaning in Germanic languages, unsurprisingly. It is thought, however, to also be related to the Latin word 'habēre' meaning 'have' or 'hold'.