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[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

It comes from Latin iactare meaning "to cast". Over time the c was dropped as French evolved and the i shifted to a y consonant and we get yeter. Once it was borrowed into English it further changed as the -er was dropped and short e became a long ee following the great vowel shift.

I am lying but most of those bits are facts and I'm actually describing the etymology of jet. Also the proto Indo European ye is hilariously uncanny.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Sometimes words just sound right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is indeed pulled out of the ass. The origin of the word 'yeet' is meme from vine. It did get added to several big boy dictionaries. There is speculation that the word was used regionally in the 2000s.

Now a bunch of people think it has some latin origin because it sounds convincing while a quick google search (or AI because, 2023) debunks the claim.

It is a fun word though, i enjoy using it. :3

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Marvellous work!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

All roads lead to PIE. Or is that from? Oh, and maybe not "all."

But seriously, I went through a linguistics phase in my reading and came away with the sense that Proto Indo European is a lot closer to us than it seems at first glance.