The Indo-European Fuck Family Tree

† Proto-Indo-European *ʰyēbh- ("to enter, penetrate") † Ancient Greek ζόφος (zóphos) ("darkness, gloom; the dark quarter, the west") † Pre-Luwian *ipa- ("west, sunset") † Proto-Indo-European *hyēubh- ("to copulate, have sex") † Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphyros) ("Zephyrus, the west wind") † Luwian *ipatarma- ("west") † Luwian (*ipatarma)-y- ("westward") † Luwian (*iparwāssā-/ ("western") † Tocharian A yāw- ("to enter, sit (or sun)") † Tocharian B yāw- ("to enter, sit (or sun)") † Proto-Indo-European *hyu̯ēbh-e-ti ("to copulate, to fuck") † Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyabh- † Proto-Iranian *Hyab- † Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyābhati † Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyābhati † Sanskrit यभति (yábhati) ("to fuck") † Proto-Balto-Slavic *jēbėti ("to copulate, to fuck") † Proto-Hellenic *ο̯yēbhō † Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō) ("to copulate") † Proto-Slavic *jěbati ("to copulate, to fuck") † Proto-Slavic *jěbati ("to copulate, to fuck") † Old East Slavic ѣбати ("to fuck") † Proto-Indo-European *hyu̯ēbh-e-ti ("to copulate, to fuck") † Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyābhati † Proto-Iranian *Hyab- † Sogdian *yamb- ("to pervert, to seduce, to deceive") † Latin zephyrus ("Zephyrus, the west wind") Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphyros) ("Zephyrus, the west wind") French Zéphyr ("Zephyr, the west wind") French zéphyr ("zephyr (marshmallow)") Old Armenian գեhհ (yew) ("westerly wind") Armenian գեhհ (zepʿ yew) ("westerly wind") Russian зезфур ("zefir (marshmallow)") Russian зфир ("zefir (marshmallow)") Belarusian зефір ("zefir (marshmallow)") Ukrainian зефір ("zefir (marshmallow)") Upper Serbian jebac ("to fuck") Lower Serbian jebaš ("to fuck") Czech jebat ("to fuck") Slovak jebať ("to fuck") Slovenian jebac ("to fuck, to have sex") Polish jebać ("to fuck, to have sex") Belarusian ябаць ("to fuck") Ukrainian їбати ("to fuck") Russian ебать, ебу, еби ("to fuck") Russian ёбать, еть, ети ("to fuck") Bulgarian еба ("to fuck") Macedonian ебе ("to fuck") Kalasha žāwik ("to copulate with, have sexual intercourse with") Marathi झवणे (jhavne) ("to copulate, have sex") Konkani झवप (zhavap) ("to copulate, have sex") Punjabi ਜੱਣਣਾ (jaddhaṇā) ("to copulate, have sex") Slovene jébati ("to fuck") Serbo-Croatian jebati / jebati ("to fuck") Chakavian jebaťi ("to fuck")

A humorous linguistic family tree traces words meaning “to fuck,” “to copulate,” “to enter,” and “west” across Proto-Indo-European and many descendant languages. The joke is the absurdly extensive scholarly genealogy connecting vulgar modern words such as Russian «ебать», Polish «jebać», and English-related forms to ancient reconstructed roots, presented like a serious academic chart. EN: A humorous linguistic family tree traces words meaning “to fuck,” “to copulate,” “to enter,” and “west” across Proto-Indo-European and many descendant languages. The joke is the absurdly extensive scholarly genealogy connecting vulgar modern words such as Russian «ебать», Polish «jebać», and English-related forms to ancient reconstructed roots, presented like a serious academic chart.

• @sbunem / 42632 2023-03-15