Why did older languages in general have more complicated, multisyllabic words, when most other things increase in complexity as they develop further?

Question

Doesn’t it make sense to start with simple noises to represent the everyday things?

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Answer 1

I have wondered the same thing. Ancient languages like classical Greek and Latin have 6 grammatical cases for example. But their descendants are much simpler. I wonder if is because, when population and mobility increased, intercommunication made it necessary to simplify. Likewise the internet.

So 2-day u r like, whatever.