Stamets@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy? WHY?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down125
arrow-up1450arrow-down1imageWhy? WHY?startrek.websiteStamets@startrek.website to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoThe Proto-Germanic words these both derived from are hwar (where) and hwas (who). English clearly stayed closer to hwar, but both neither English nor German kept close to hwas.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYou could actually argue English might have stayed close to hwas if you consider starting a question about someone with “who was…?” Apparently words just kinda break bits and pieces off each other some times
The Proto-Germanic words these both derived from are hwar (where) and hwas (who). English clearly stayed closer to hwar, but both neither English nor German kept close to hwas.
You could actually argue English might have stayed close to hwas if you consider starting a question about someone with “who was…?”
Apparently words just kinda break bits and pieces off each other some times