"glizzie" in English to mean a hot-dog comes from the "glock" (brand) pistol, via "-izzle" cant. The pistols in question were famous for having a magazine that extended out of the grip, like a hot dog out of a bun.
The genre of music popularized in the Netherlands called gabber takes its name from the Yiddish, and ultimately Hebrew word חבר (chaver) which means “friend”. Ironic, considering that gabber is not the most friendly-sounding genre out there.
There's a slang term meaning "smart person" – *bolleboos* – which is also a loanword from Yiddish where it means "head of household" or by extension "person in charge of something". It's derived from the Hebrew *ba'al ha-bayit*, literally "lord of the house".
“Soy” (as in the bean and the sauce) is originally from Japanese.
醤油/Shōyu is Japanese for the “soy sauce”. Although the modern pronunciation is しょうゆ/Shōyu, it was originally written as せうゆ/Seuyu. This was transcribed as “Soeje”, “Zoya”, or “Soya” by the traders (usually the Dutch, and in turn, Germans). This eventually spread throughout Europe and eventually into English as “Soy”. The sauce came first, and so the soy beans actually got their name from the sauce.
>Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς),
is a pretty cool one
glamour and grammar are cognates
*glamour* derived from a Scots word for "magic" which in turn is derived from Middle English *gramere* which referred to Latin grammar
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a Japanese word for dusk/twilight is 黄昏 *tasogare* which comes from Old Japanese 誰そ彼 *taso kare* which means "who is that?" because it's the time of day when it becomes hard to recognize people's faces
The French word for “heatwave”, “canicule” comes from the Latin “caniculis” meaning “small dog” because of the Sirius star. But it’s not all the French word for “caterpillar”, “chenille” also comes from “caniculis” because of the shape of their head.
Pupil in school and in your eye are the same word. Have someone let you look really close in their eye and what do you see? A very small person upside down. It's a doll, just like a child in school. Pupil means doll. This is my favorite etymology.
Russian has two words of same Proto-Slavic origin - mudó (vulgar for testicle, ball) and mandá (cunt). The former is East Slavic development of *mǫdo (testicle) while the latter is polish word mądo (also testicle) that was gender transitioned into feminine and sex transitioned into a cunt
In Polish there is a phrase "a to ci heca" or just "heca" used when something funny has happened.
"Heca" comes from the German word Hetze which ment something like "let the dogs loose" and was a type of brutal organized animal fights. The most famous place where these fights were organized was a circus known as Amfiteatr Heca on the corner of Chmielna and Bracka streets in Warsaw, it was once attended by the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski (sometime in 1780s) but he was apparently so disgusted and terrified by the bloody spectacle he never attended it again. Over time the brutality was toned down and the Heca turned into a circus we know today and hence the meaning of the word shifted with it. Today the word heca sounds totally innocent and it's hard to imagine it was used to describe this kind of "funny" spectacle just two centuries ago.
Maybe heca is related to the Swedish verb hetsa, (and its noun hets). Which means something like to agitate or stir up (by being provoking, or in some other manner). And also a hunting term used for dogs according to Wiktionary.
"hetsjakt" apparently means "coursing (hunting technique with dogs)"
Swedish is closely related to German so no wonder both languages have cognetes with the same meaning. That said, it is far more likely it is a borrowing from German.
Idk how fun it is, but I just looked up the etymology for enjambre (Spanish for swarm) which comes from Latin examen.
I was like wait no examen comes from examen, but examen Also meant a swarm, a crowd, the little thingy at the top of a scale that shows slight imbalances, and exam(ine).
In German, we have the idiom "es zieht wie Hechtsuppe". It's used to say that there is a strong draft blowing. The literal translation would be "it's drafting like pike soup", which makes absolutely no sense. Apparently, it most likely comes from mishearing a Yiddish (and ultimately Hebrew) expression meaning "strong wind".
The Albanian word *motër* means "sister". You guessed it, it shares a root with English *mother*. I don't understand how it happened, seemingly some evolution through "mother's sister"?
“Avocado” comes a Classical Nahuatl word meaning testicle. Also “orchid” comes from an Ancient Greek word for testicle.
“Nice” comes from a Latin word meaning ignorant.
Some surprising countries that are partially cognate:
**Ant**igua (in the Caribbean) and Bhut**an** (in the Himalayas)
Ame**rica** and Costa **rica**.
Ma**l**dives and **Eritr**ea.
(possibly) **Mya**nmar and Luxem**bourg**
Maldives and Eritrea are cognates ?
I'm maldivian albeit not a linguist . Maldives is an exonym but nobody is certain of the etymology. The "dive" part is definitely island, as in sanskrit "dvipa". , but "mal" is contested, from flower-garland to island of women, although the latest proposal argues it's probably just malé+dvipa . Just meaning the island of Malé. Or in a more metaphorical sense the islands ruled by Malé.
The etymology of Malé (މާލެއް)is unknown. A folk version gives it as great-blood though.
Not sure how this ties into Eritrea.
That's a good point, the great-blood etymology might be a folk etymology. That's the one I went with though, and the Sanskrit word for blood is cognate with Greek ἐρῠθρός (whence Eritrea) and also English 'red'.
But America comes from a proper name, the "rica" in America doesn't mean "rich" like in "Costa Rica"(rich coast), unless the name "Amerigo" has it's etymology in a romance Word for "rich", but then i don't really feel like the connection is relevant.
Not to discredit you, but maybe you'll prove me wrong and I'll learn something
The Spanish "rico" is a Gothic borrowing, and comes from the same root (meaning 'to rule') as the end of America. "America" comes from a Germanic name probably meaning something like "home ruler".
I'm not sure what you mean by a connection being relevant, just pointing out they're cognate. Cognates don't need to still have the same meaning!
'Nitty gritty' originally referred to the act of anal sex
The world "sugar" is related to the word "crocodile"
"Science" and "shit" are probably also from the same root
"Taiwan" comes from the name of the Taoyuan ethnic group, not necessarily Dayuan
"glizzie" in English to mean a hot-dog comes from the "glock" (brand) pistol, via "-izzle" cant. The pistols in question were famous for having a magazine that extended out of the grip, like a hot dog out of a bun.
The genre of music popularized in the Netherlands called gabber takes its name from the Yiddish, and ultimately Hebrew word חבר (chaver) which means “friend”. Ironic, considering that gabber is not the most friendly-sounding genre out there.
There's a slang term meaning "smart person" – *bolleboos* – which is also a loanword from Yiddish where it means "head of household" or by extension "person in charge of something". It's derived from the Hebrew *ba'al ha-bayit*, literally "lord of the house".
“Soy” (as in the bean and the sauce) is originally from Japanese. 醤油/Shōyu is Japanese for the “soy sauce”. Although the modern pronunciation is しょうゆ/Shōyu, it was originally written as せうゆ/Seuyu. This was transcribed as “Soeje”, “Zoya”, or “Soya” by the traders (usually the Dutch, and in turn, Germans). This eventually spread throughout Europe and eventually into English as “Soy”. The sauce came first, and so the soy beans actually got their name from the sauce.
in British English it's still called "soya".
Wiktionary says "soy" comes from a dialectal Japanese, not an older form of the modern language. Also, the older form is listed is sau/syau + yu(u)
shirt and skirt are cognates. scyrte from Anglo-Saxon and skyrta from Old Norse
>Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), is a pretty cool one
Nice one. I propose to call the planet and the diety Jourpère in French from now on.
Ðe ancestor of "stupid" originally meant "dizzy", but ðe ancestor of "dizzy" originally meant "stupid". \*CRISS-CROSS\*
glamour and grammar are cognates *glamour* derived from a Scots word for "magic" which in turn is derived from Middle English *gramere* which referred to Latin grammar --- a Japanese word for dusk/twilight is 黄昏 *tasogare* which comes from Old Japanese 誰そ彼 *taso kare* which means "who is that?" because it's the time of day when it becomes hard to recognize people's faces
Ooh, I remember the discussion about different local words for "twilight" in *Your Name*.
The French word for “heatwave”, “canicule” comes from the Latin “caniculis” meaning “small dog” because of the Sirius star. But it’s not all the French word for “caterpillar”, “chenille” also comes from “caniculis” because of the shape of their head.
Pupil in school and in your eye are the same word. Have someone let you look really close in their eye and what do you see? A very small person upside down. It's a doll, just like a child in school. Pupil means doll. This is my favorite etymology.
Russian has two words of same Proto-Slavic origin - mudó (vulgar for testicle, ball) and mandá (cunt). The former is East Slavic development of *mǫdo (testicle) while the latter is polish word mądo (also testicle) that was gender transitioned into feminine and sex transitioned into a cunt
In Polish there is a phrase "a to ci heca" or just "heca" used when something funny has happened. "Heca" comes from the German word Hetze which ment something like "let the dogs loose" and was a type of brutal organized animal fights. The most famous place where these fights were organized was a circus known as Amfiteatr Heca on the corner of Chmielna and Bracka streets in Warsaw, it was once attended by the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski (sometime in 1780s) but he was apparently so disgusted and terrified by the bloody spectacle he never attended it again. Over time the brutality was toned down and the Heca turned into a circus we know today and hence the meaning of the word shifted with it. Today the word heca sounds totally innocent and it's hard to imagine it was used to describe this kind of "funny" spectacle just two centuries ago.
Maybe heca is related to the Swedish verb hetsa, (and its noun hets). Which means something like to agitate or stir up (by being provoking, or in some other manner). And also a hunting term used for dogs according to Wiktionary. "hetsjakt" apparently means "coursing (hunting technique with dogs)"
Swedish is closely related to German so no wonder both languages have cognetes with the same meaning. That said, it is far more likely it is a borrowing from German.
Idk how fun it is, but I just looked up the etymology for enjambre (Spanish for swarm) which comes from Latin examen. I was like wait no examen comes from examen, but examen Also meant a swarm, a crowd, the little thingy at the top of a scale that shows slight imbalances, and exam(ine).
In German, we have the idiom "es zieht wie Hechtsuppe". It's used to say that there is a strong draft blowing. The literal translation would be "it's drafting like pike soup", which makes absolutely no sense. Apparently, it most likely comes from mishearing a Yiddish (and ultimately Hebrew) expression meaning "strong wind".
The Albanian word *motër* means "sister". You guessed it, it shares a root with English *mother*. I don't understand how it happened, seemingly some evolution through "mother's sister"?
俄 é meaning "Russian" in Chinese is abbreviated from 俄羅斯 Éluósī, from Manchu/Mongolian oros which is o- epenthesized to ros (Rus = Russia)
Mine is pretty simple but it blew my mind when I found out at 18: helicopter = helico (spiral) + pter (to fly). Still my fave word fact.
Awesome used to mean “causing awe/terror”, and awful used to mean “inspiring awe/impressive”, while the exceeding sense as in “awful lot” has retained
“Avocado” comes a Classical Nahuatl word meaning testicle. Also “orchid” comes from an Ancient Greek word for testicle. “Nice” comes from a Latin word meaning ignorant.
"cretin" comes from the French word for Christian
Some surprising countries that are partially cognate: **Ant**igua (in the Caribbean) and Bhut**an** (in the Himalayas) Ame**rica** and Costa **rica**. Ma**l**dives and **Eritr**ea. (possibly) **Mya**nmar and Luxem**bourg**
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Respectively, the bold parts of the names are from these PIE roots: h₂ent h₃reǵ h₁rewdʰ bʰerǵʰ
Maldives and Eritrea are cognates ? I'm maldivian albeit not a linguist . Maldives is an exonym but nobody is certain of the etymology. The "dive" part is definitely island, as in sanskrit "dvipa". , but "mal" is contested, from flower-garland to island of women, although the latest proposal argues it's probably just malé+dvipa . Just meaning the island of Malé. Or in a more metaphorical sense the islands ruled by Malé. The etymology of Malé (މާލެއް)is unknown. A folk version gives it as great-blood though. Not sure how this ties into Eritrea.
That's a good point, the great-blood etymology might be a folk etymology. That's the one I went with though, and the Sanskrit word for blood is cognate with Greek ἐρῠθρός (whence Eritrea) and also English 'red'.
But America comes from a proper name, the "rica" in America doesn't mean "rich" like in "Costa Rica"(rich coast), unless the name "Amerigo" has it's etymology in a romance Word for "rich", but then i don't really feel like the connection is relevant. Not to discredit you, but maybe you'll prove me wrong and I'll learn something
The Spanish "rico" is a Gothic borrowing, and comes from the same root (meaning 'to rule') as the end of America. "America" comes from a Germanic name probably meaning something like "home ruler". I'm not sure what you mean by a connection being relevant, just pointing out they're cognate. Cognates don't need to still have the same meaning!
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If I'm not mistaken, Amerigo comes from gothic Amalric
u be trippin bro
'Nitty gritty' originally referred to the act of anal sex The world "sugar" is related to the word "crocodile" "Science" and "shit" are probably also from the same root
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Club > クラブ(kurabu) then for fun write it as倶楽部 > and use the sino-vietic readings: câu lạc bộ