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23 Oldest Words in the English Language

Known as "Ultraconserved" words, these 23 English words have survived unchanged for at least 15,000 years. Can you name them
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Word
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THOU
2
I
3
NOT
4
THAT
5
WE
6
GIVE
7
WHO
8
THIS
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WHAT
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MAN/MALE
11
YE
12
OLD
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MOTHER
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HEAR
15
HAND
16
FIRE
17
PULL
18
BLACK
19
FLOW
20
BARK
21
ASHES
22
SPIT
23
WORM
1 Comments
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Level 89
Oct 18, 2022
Seeing as barely 1,000 years ago mother was modor, this source doesn't make sense. Many are later German words, not Celtic.