Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down10
arrow-up1184arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 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.