Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down11
arrow-up1208arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 hours agoI tried to look up if Rhein and Rhône are from the same root. It’s a theory but not proven. It’s from Proto-Germanic " erei" to flow. Mosel (Moselle) is just a diminutive of Maas (Meuse)
I tried to look up if Rhein and Rhône are from the same root. It’s a theory but not proven.
It’s from Proto-Germanic " erei" to flow.
Mosel (Moselle) is just a diminutive of Maas (Meuse)