We kind of do that actually, in the opposite direction. We take long winded phrases and shorten them to something new but carrying the original meaning, like OK

We kind of do that actually, in the opposite direction. We take long winded phrases and shorten them to something new but carrying the original meaning, like OK or goodbye. A lot of present/common words used to be metaphors or have roots on myths or religions. It's a bit like Tamarians had a word "dajtanagra" or something like that, meaning cooperation, that couldn't be translated, and even they would struggle to explain from where it comes from.