INDO-EUROPEAN HYPOTHESIS Sir William Jones, 1786, hypothesis that most European languages and others (in India, parts of the Middle East, and Asia) are cognates (are related, as a family, by common origins). large common and unique vocabulary of the Germanic languages (not present in other Indo-European languages and perhaps borrowed from non-Indo-European languages) (e.g. back, blood, body, bone, bride, child, gate, ground, oar, rat, sea, soul).
Two years into California's drought, Donald Galleano's grapevines are scorched shrubs, their charcoal-colored stems and gnarled roots displaying not a lick of life. I've never seen anything like this, says Galleano, 61, the third-generation owner of a 300-acre vineyard in Mira Loma, California, that bears his name.
An average of 50 inches of rain fell at those stations annually between 1922 and 1998. Using that average, officials said 75 inches of rain would need to fall in those Northern California spots by the end of the year to end the drought.Since Oct. 1, only about 11 inches of rain has fallen at those eight stations.sing that average, officials said 75 inches of rain would need to fall in those Northern California spots by the end of the year to end the drought. Since Oct. 1, only about 11 inches of rain has fallen at those eight stations.