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Arcane Etyma and Lost Language Threads
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Ancient art form rooted in classical persuasive speech.
  • 2. Original root word from which others derive.
  • 3. Latin root meaning 'navel,' central point of origin.
  • 4. Smallest meaningful root unit in forgotten linguistic systems.
  • 7. Ghanaian language group with ancient Proto- roots.
  • 8. Ancient root family including Akkadian and Phoenician tongues.
  • 11. Abstract unit of meaning at a forgotten linguistic core.
  • 13. Viking roots influencing old Germanic linguistic strata.
  • 15. Root meaning 'blue-green' in ancient Mediterranean lexicons.
  • 18. Hypothetical language family linking forgotten Altaic roots.
Down
  • 5. Language family predating Indo-European in South Asia.
  • 6. Old Indic root meaning 'spectacle' or linguistic drama.
  • 9. Naming derived from a person’s root name, lost in time.
  • 10. Thin plates of ancient script-bearing clay tablets.
  • 12. Hissing sound key to reconstructing ancient phonetics.
  • 14. Progenitor language often abbreviated, ancestral Indo-European tongue.
  • 16. Engraving or carving roots, linking language to archaic art.
  • 17. Break or pause in poetic lines tracing old oral traditions.
  • 19. Symbolic root language element linked to ancestral spirits.
  • 20. Common root dialect spreading Hellenistic linguistic influence.

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