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Charlemagne: word for 'king' in many European countries derive from his name (german 'Karl', polish 'Krol', Lithuanian, ...)
by ak_111 3y ago
Charlemagne: word for 'king' in many European countries derive from his name (german 'Karl', polish 'Krol', Lithuanian, ...)
- BerislavLopac 3y agoSimilarly, the words for "emperor" in some languages -- most famously the Russian "tzar" and German "Kaiser" -- come from Caesar.
- actionfromafar 3y agoAnd Charlemagne just means "grand man". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karilaz https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic...
- zilti 3y agoThe German word for king is König, not Karl