Post #1844301
2026-05-01 09:52 UTC
@yvanspijk
What exactly does "reconstructed" mean? Is it a missing link deducted by linguistics?
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@yvanspijk@toot.community 2026-05-01 10:40
@chicob That's right. By comparing related words in sister languages, you can deduce the common ancestral word they descend from. This branch of linguistics is called comparative linguistics, and it was developed in the 19th century.