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Is it just a coincidence that jakten means both hunt and yacht in Norge? (I think I unpicked that chain correctly) Also, now I come to think about it, it is a

Is it just a coincidence that jakten means both hunt and yacht in Norge? (I think I unpicked that chain correctly) Also, now I come to think about it, it is a bit embarrassing that we (en) pronounce yacht as "yot". I look forward to reading a future man page describing yacht as an archaic form of the correct usage. The man page for the ls command used to describe colour as an archaic term for the "modern" form - color!

yorwba 9y ago
Wiktionary says that yacht stems from the Dutch word for a hunting ship (one you use to pursue other ships), so various Germanic languages having similar or identical pronunciations for the words for yacht and hunt is no coincidence. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/yacht#English https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/yacht#English