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I was intrigued by the name—"ratas" means "wheel" in Lithuanian, but the author appeears to be from Switzerland and neither first nor last names are even remote
by rimantas 10y ago
I was intrigued by the name—"ratas" means "wheel" in Lithuanian, but the author appeears to be from Switzerland and neither first nor last names are even remotely Lithuanian. Even more intriguing then…
- sharken 10y agoNot so intriguing i think, ratas also means Wheel in Finnish which matches at least the authors first name. For reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ratas https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ratas
- Sharlin 10y agoIndeed. Interesting it's from PIE via Lithuanian - I hadn't thought about it before but it is cognate with English rota, rotate via Latin.
- pisipisipisi 10y agoAnd Estonian..
- jacobush 10y agoRatt is steering wheel in Swedish. Bet its PIE.
- rimantas 10y agoTIL. I had no idea, Lithuanina and Finnish being in different language groups that we can have same words :)
- ggambetta 10y agoI was also intrigued... it means "rats" in Spanish. I had no idea it meant anything in Lithuanian.