Variable initial elements in words ("idle prosthesis") and unrecognized related words

[valeriy_osipov]

A word that does not have strong ties and roots in a language, having lost its primary meaning, becomes a simple 'nominal unit'. It falls out of the language system, turning into a dull nameplate, one of many in a long line of similar gray and rootless icons, similar to prison numbers on the backs of prisoners. And then the consideration of

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[new_etymology]

in Estonian ROOVI:

[new_etymology]

Variable initial elements in words ("idle prosthesis") - there are so many of them, and only in the very few cases the authors of the OED and the like dictionaries acknowledge the relation of words with and without these "prosthesis"!

[s]w-, [sch]w-, [z]w-, [s]c-, [sh]c-, [s]m-, [sh]m-, [s]p-, [sh]p-, [s]t-, [sh]t-, [z]d-, [s]l-, [sh]l-, [z]n-, [k]n-, [k]l-, [g]l-, [c]l-, [c]r-, [g]r-, [h]r-, [p]l-, [f]l-, [b]l-, [p]r-, [b]r-, [f]r-, [d]l-, [d]v-, [t]r-, [t]w-, [st]r-, [sc]r-, [sp]r-, [sch]р-, [schp]r-...

[с]в-, [ш]в-, [з]в-, [с]к-, [ш]к-, [с]м-, [ш]м-, [с]п-, [ш]п-, [с]т-, [ш]т-, [з]д-, [с]л-, [ш]л-, [з]н-, [к]н-, [к]л-, [г]л-, [х]л-, [к]р-, [г]р-, [х]р-, [п]л-, [ф]л-, [б]л-, [п]р-, [б]р-, [ф]р-, [д]л-, [д]в-, [т]р-, [т]в-, [ст]р-, [ск]р-, [сп]р-, [шп]р-...

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[pronker]

Could you quote more examples, in English, please?

[new_etymology]

STREET - TRADE - ROAD

[valeriy_osipov]

to TREMBLE, Ital. TREMARE - 'to shake'
<->
Turk. REM - 'fear, horror'; REMIDE - 'confused, frightened, fearful'.

(similarly, Rus. СТРАХ 'fear' <-> ТРЯСТИСЬ 'tremble')

[valeriy_osipov]

pin, spin, span, spider, bind, बन्ध् [bandh], 编 [biān], etc...

('weave, weaver')