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I think the takeaway of this article is that the english ale derives from germanic alu which also has the meaning "intoxicating beverage" as descibed in the WP-
by jhoechtl 6y ago
I think the takeaway of this article is that the english ale derives from germanic alu which also has the meaning "intoxicating beverage" as descibed in the WP-article.
- guiraldelli 6y agoI read the word “alu” in the title and thought, “is it a misspelling of ‘beer’ in Lithuanian? [1]” Well, I am not disappointed with the conclusion. :) [1]: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/alus#Lithuanian https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/alus#Lithuanian
- devmunchies 6y agoI like learning these types of things. It’s like the “gebo” rune, which is just an “X”, is the rune for giving or gifting. It’s where X-mas comes from, the season of giving.
- hinoki 6y agoI thought it was because X is Chi, short for Christ? Wikipedia only mentions the Greek origin, do you have any references?