https://pie.symmachus.org/One reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word each week, with selected descendants, a compact family tree, and a deliberately tiny teaching sentence. en-au1440https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/weyd/https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/weyd/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Vision, video, wit, wisdom, and the Vedas share this root, whose descendants include words for both seeing and knowing.https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/steh2/https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/steh2/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Stand, state, station, and static look busy now, but their older family occupation was simply staying upright.https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/h1ed/https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/h1ed/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000One of the easiest ancient family resemblances to taste: English eat and Latin-derived edible still sit close to the same table.https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/bher/https://pie.symmachus.org/archive/bher/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A small reconstructed root with a large carrying capacity: bears, burdens, transfers, and a Greek verb all travel in its family.