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> Blech also means sheet metal I believe the English word “blacksmith” preserves this shared etymology.
by pavlov 4y ago
> Blech also means sheet metal
I believe the English word “blacksmith” preserves this shared etymology.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoAlso Blikkenslager, someone who works with sheet metal (Norwegian, Bokmål).
- linguistics__ 4y agoThe "black-" in blacksmith, just means black [1], most likely in reference to the iron they worked. As far as I can tell, "Blech" doesn't have a cognate in English. If it did, it would probably by "blek" or "blik". 1: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blacksmith#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blacksmith#English
- layer8 4y agoBlech has the same etymological roots as English blink, roots whose meaning is “to shine”. Blick (both English and German) is also related, as are blank and bleak, and, indeed, also black (which comes more from a “to burn/blaze” variant of “to shine”).