Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 28 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down12
arrow-up1227arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 28 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squarerandy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·27 days agoAnother fun fact: official German spelling later changed “thal” to “tal” (both pronounced as a hard “t”), so now the valley is Neandertal, not “Neanderthal”
Another fun fact: official German spelling later changed “thal” to “tal” (both pronounced as a hard “t”), so now the valley is Neandertal, not “Neanderthal”