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Seeing how word slave is derived from Slavs, the snark is well warranted.
by Ygg2 1y ago
Seeing how word slave is derived from Slavs, the snark is well warranted.
- GalahiSimtam 1y agoFunny they both originated from Sclaveni/Sklabenoi, just one of the tribe of south Slavs. But for the slave trade in middle ages, maybe you guys would call us Slovs (the jury is out on that)
- otabdeveloper4 1y agoThis is the accepted theory, but akshually there is no way from a linguistic standpoint that the "k" between the "s" and "l" would simply appear out of nowhere. The linguistics is impossible. The etymology deriving from σκυλεύω makes more sense.
- quibono 1y agoInteresting, could you expand on this please? What does σκυλεύω mean and how would this transformation work?
- polotics 1y agodispossed ennemy, captured, this makes a lot more sense indeed https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%89 https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%... than the notion "slav" would have somehow evolved "up" linguistically to get a "k" inserted. y'all know languages mellows over time, donty'all?