Woher die Kichererbsen ihren Namen haben und warum sie in anderen Sprechen ähnlich heißen
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Just watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH64...
In German, there is a word for your sibling's husband (Or your spouse's brother):
Schwippschwager (Schwippschwägering is the female version)
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ein kleines Potpourri an Wörtern, die aus dem Französischen kommen
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Just watched this one.
I also learned that an old word for bats are "flitter mice" (like "Fledermaus" in German
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Why are some capital letters very different from their small counterparts, while others are quite the same
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The German "Stirn" is related to greek stérnon (στέρνον) breast and latin sternum (breastbone/Brustbein) And the meaning is to spreads out
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the English "stern" comes from a root (*sternjaz) that means rigid/immovable. So it's related to German "starr" (rigid/immovable) and "stur" stubborn
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I was curious, if German "Stirn" (forehead) and the English "stern" (backend of a ship) are related. They aren't, but it's fascinating nontheless
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@robwords.bsky.social
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Hier kann man klar sagen:
Wo die hochdeutsche Lautverschiebung nicht vorbeigekommen ist
Dieser deutsche Dialekt ist wild!
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Was „Lady“ und „Lord“ mit Brot zu tun hat
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8 months ago
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Wenn die gleichen Wörter mit unterschiedlichen Lautverschiebungen in die Sprache kommen
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An excellent guide to imperial measurements
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Coins:
Germanys old coin system was basically 12 "Pfennig" to a "Groschen" and 20 "Groschen" to a "Mark"
The led to the names of some coins:
the 10 "Pfennig" coin was called "Groschen" and a 5 "Pfennig" coin was a "Sechser" (sixer)
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8 months ago
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a fathom is in german "Klafter" (to span/to compass)
acre is related to "Acker"
inch is "Zoll" (A small wooden cylinder)
league is "Wegstunde" (one hour of travel)
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8 months ago
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both words from yard triggered my pattern detector: :)
gyrd is related to "Gerte" "switch/crop)
and geard is related to "Garten" (garden)
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A movie editor is called "Cutter" in English from the time of physically cutting,
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Intersting. Cartoon comes from the paper. In German it's called "Karton". this also rubbed off to cardbord boxes "(Papp)karton"
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Kurz und woher es kommt. Auch die Verwandtschaft ist interessant.
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10 months ago
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Woher dauern kommt und mit welchen Wort es verwandt ist.
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10 months ago
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Intvented words in English which ones do you know?
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10 months ago
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@robwords.bsky.social
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Woher kommt das Wort Lady eigentlich?
Super interessant
10 months ago
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What is the writing on the wall is in German "Menetekel"
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@robwords.bsky.social @jesszafarris.bsky.social
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Just watching it.You dipped briefly dipped in the meaning of minister. In Germany an altar boy ist called "Ministrant" from "to serve"
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was Luzifer, Phosphor, gebären, der Suffix -bar und to bear gemeinsam haben. (Ja die letzen beiden auch)
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very interesting video about the origins of man, women, boy, girl and others
11 months ago
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Die Herkunft einiger französischer Worte im Deutschen
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Wo kommen die Namen einiger Obstsorten eigentlich her?
11 months ago
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Obst hat eigentlich eine Vorsilbe und der zweite Teil des Ursprungswortes ist auch eine Überraschung
11 months ago
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So wurden die Großeltern über die Zeit genannt und wo das herkommt
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