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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All that clip-clap and doesn't say why

[–] GentooPhysicist 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

More specifically look up the term "ablaut reduplication". There's lots of great articles and honestly some pretty good YouTube videos on the subject. I'm honestly surprised how great the YouTube linguistics scene is, from Tom Scott's language files to rob words and name explain (plus nativlang). Hours of infotainment on linguistics for those interested!