Derived from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną meaning "to die". Comes from Middle English deyen, Old English dīeġan, and Old Norse deyja. Displaced Old English sweltan, which evolved into Modern English swelt
Finnish word derived from "taata" and means guarantee or forged iron object. Proto-Finnic originates from "tadëh" meaning tea. English "tea" originates from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la. Japanese "tae" means small bench
Japonic comprises Japanese and Ryukyuan languages spoken in Japan and Ryukyu Islands. Family is universally accepted by linguists with reconstructed proto-language. Split between Japanese and Ryukyuan occurred before 7th century
Altaic languages include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and sometimes Japonic. Core group is called "Micro-Altaic," expanded to include "Macro-Altaic". Languages share agglutinative morphology and head-final word order
Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786 in Hanau, Germany. They studied law at Marburg University under Brentano and Savigny. Jacob worked as a librarian and auditor during French occupation
Altaic languages consist of Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus families. Group contains over 50 languages spoken by 135 million people across Asia. Turkic languages span from Turkey to China, Mongolian in Central Asia. Manchu-Tungus languages spoken in Siberia and Northeast China