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One of the comments reads : Actually, we will probably never figure out, was it man or woman. but I thought this comment of the professor was an interesting eye opener. https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom/112070436760917344

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It occurs to me that the solution might be to start referring to men as "wermen" again, and revert "men" to it's gender neutral roots. That also means we can have a bunch of other prefixes for other genders.

Languages are fun.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's also where the "were" prefix in werewolf comes from.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does that mean female werewolves should be called wowolves? (Or even better, woowolves)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Wifwolves, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

lol what the fuck, yeah right, ancient germanic word "man" derives from latin... whoever drew this didnt bother to open up the dictionary once...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

¯\(ツ)

I’m not an entomologist.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Entomology (from Ancient Greek entomon 'insect', and -logia 'study')[1] is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term insect was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

pff nah, entomologists are experts at entoming people. you know, like putting them in a tom underground. dead. like that cara loft lady.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

i need to branch out with my sources

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Scholars seem to agree it stems from Proto-Indo-European, so Latin is not the source.

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

just lean all the way in and call us vermin