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Visual Notes on Etymology

Illustrating etymological ideas using topology

Visual notes on Etymology v 0.01 @patternatlas Shows two diagrams which are represented as trees with their descriptions. On the left, we have Doublet, which shows a pair of words having *different* meanings in the *same* language. This is illustrated using an example of Wheel and Cycle in the same language, English. Wheel and Cycle has as their etymon: *kʷékʷlos Wheel means “A circular object” Cycle means “A process that repeats itself” The tree notation shows etymon branching to two meanings, Meaning 1 and Meaning 2. Meaning 1 connects to Cycle, and Meaning 2 connects to Wheel. On the right we have Cognate which shows a pair of words which have the same meaning, but are in different languages. The examples used are भ्राता (Sanskrit) and Brother (English). Both have the same etymon *bʰréh₂tēr meaning as “A man with the same parents as another”. The diagram shows Etymon connecting to a single meaning which then branches to two words भ्राता and Brother.