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>So literally at some point a German guy came to France and asked "What's that?" and it made it into being the standard word for it in the language Makes me th
by revolvingocelot 5y ago
>So literally at some point a German guy came to France and asked "What's that?" and it made it into being the standard word for it in the language
Makes me think of the various rivers Avon -- so named because Roman cartographers, labelling rivers, accost Celts about what that there is called. The Roman expects a name, but the Celt replies with the word for river in his language: "avon". Is there a term for this? Or better still, a curated list on Wikipedia?
- jimnotgym 5y agoWhile on rivers... Ribble, Ouse, Humber and probably others all apparently mean river as well
- geogra4 5y agoSalsa is similar in the sense that it just means sauce in Spanish but it was borrowed into English as the word for a very specific condiment
- nvader 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_nam... Might be what you're looking for.
- gpvos 5y agoObligatory Tom Scott video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo