Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square208linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down13
arrow-up1215arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square208linkfedilink
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 hours agoThe kicker is that the peasants spoke the old proto-germanic language, and the nobles spoke the shiny new French derivation. So peasants raised the beasts and the nobles ate the beasts.
The kicker is that the peasants spoke the old proto-germanic language, and the nobles spoke the shiny new French derivation. So peasants raised the beasts and the nobles ate the beasts.