The word 'clean' has the same ancestor as German and Dutch 'klein' (small; little). The meaning of this common Proto-Germanic ancestor is reconstructed as "shining". In the Germanic daughter languages, this meaning shifted following different paths. Click the graphic for more:

'n Lintknip-seremonie vir 'n stuk pad wat na 'n jaar herstel is? 'n Gejuig oor 'n trein wat ry? Kom ons stel die lat dié jaar bietjie hoër, asseblief. netwerk24.com/netwerk24/stem… via Netwerk24

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Hoeveel woorde is daar in Afrikaans? Hoeveel van Afrikaans se woorde, van die reeds meer 230 000 hooftrefwoorde en hul verskillende vorme wat in die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal opgeteken is, word werklik gebruik? Jana Luther gesels met Ina Strydom op RSG 100-104FM. omny.fm/shows/taalding…

Ons Woordenboek van Nieuwe Woorden uitgelicht in de rubriek 'Taalmateriaal van de maand' van de @taalunie: taalunie.org/actueel/513/ta… #nieuwewoorden #neologismen

For anyone interested, here's a blog post I wrote on word and sentence embedding approaches to concordancing, based on a talk I gave at #ICAME45 earlier this year (and then extended further in my talk at #AACL2024). Hope you find it useful.

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Ek praat met Ina Strydom oor bottels, flesse, karba's, karaffe en kraffies, flakons, vate, balies, kuipe, skottels en emmers. RSG 100-104FM #Afrikaans omny.fm/shows/taalding…

Kan jy agt sinne met die woord "bot" maak waarin die betekenis telkens verskil? Jana Luther gee raad oor die woordraaisel. #Afrikaans Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal netwerk24.com/netwerk24/stem… via Netwerk24

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Ja, ons is steeds hier, vir nou, vir jou. Gratis, verniet, mahala: strand ons hierdie skip saam. Hierdie is ’n heel lekker uitgawe. Lees en geniet. Kliek op die skakel om dit te lees: vryeweekblad.com/uitgawes/2025-… 🎨 Angela Tuck #vryeweekblad #dinkvirjouself #virjouself

Nie onverwant aan die dag se grootste nuusgebeure nie, skryf Jana Luther in haar taalrubriek "verwaand is ook verwant aan waansin". #Afrikaans Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal netwerk24.com/netwerk24/stem… via Netwerk24

'n Nuwe Afrikaanse nuusbriefplatform. Geluk is ’n rigting. Vryheid ’n plek. Nuuskierigheid ’n taal. binne-land.ghost.io/die-stories-wa…