Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down11
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month 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.