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is it “knows” or “eats” or “finds”? i’ve heard all three
by hprotagonist 7y ago
is it “knows” or “eats” or “finds”? i’ve heard all three
- 0xBABAD00C 7y agoved = 'know' in Slavic, comes from this PIE root: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyd- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...
- nbabitskiy 7y agoLiterally the same source suggests that "honey-eater" is a folk etymology, probably false: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/medv%C4%9Bd%D1%8C https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/m...
- paleotrope 7y ago"Know" in the biblical sense.