Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square216linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square216linkfedilink
minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoI tried to look up if Rhein and Rhône are from the same root. It’s a theory but not proven. It’s from Proto-Germanic " erei" to flow. Mosel (Moselle) is just a diminutive of Maas (Meuse)
I tried to look up if Rhein and Rhône are from the same root. It’s a theory but not proven.
It’s from Proto-Germanic " erei" to flow.
Mosel (Moselle) is just a diminutive of Maas (Meuse)