List of Ancient Words (universal)

LIST OF ANCIENT WORDS

Paleo-Philologists have accumulated a list of ultra-conserved words, projecting an ancestral language, extended well into 15,000 years of usage.  

Certain core concepts have been with us, always: Resonant, blunt, unadorned, concrete, descriptive. And see if you are surprised by any of them, especially the last one.

I,

not,

That,

We,

To give,

Who,

This,

What,

Man/male,

Ye /you

old,

mother,

To hear,

Hand,

Fire,

to pull,

Black,

To flow,

Bark,

Ashes,

To spit,

Worm  - surprised? Clue that we used to eat them.

Grubs are more delicious than beetles

Which are abundant and everywhere.

EXERCISE: 

Write poem, using these 23 words.

EXAMPLE:

Who gives not to old Mother,

That hears the hand of fire

Pulled black flowing from the flame

That men spit into?