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Would have to guess the Norsemen being referred to here at the people who came in the 800s and 900s, not the Normans who came later
by linkmotif 8y ago
Would have to guess the Norsemen being referred to here at the people who came in the 800s and 900s, not the Normans who came later
- lmoml 8y agoOP seemed to be referring to Normans. The whole cow (English) -> beef (French) is a classic linguistic example to cite with regard to them.
- oeuviz 8y agoHow come the same situation is present in other languages(e.g. French, Serbocroatian)? Improbable that it were always the Normans.
- BerislavLopac 8y agoWhich situation specifically? Serbo-Croatian doesn't have that differentiation between the name of the animal and of its meat. There are others (regional "astal" being my favourite example), but the similar pattern can happen in any language.
- linkmotif 8y agoYes that makes more sense actually. But now I am still confused.