Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square219linkfedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down11
arrow-up1230arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square219linkfedilink
minus-squarerandy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoAnother fun fact: official German spelling later changed “thal” to “tal” (both pronounced as a hard “t”), so now the valley is Neandertal, not “Neanderthal”
Another fun fact: official German spelling later changed “thal” to “tal” (both pronounced as a hard “t”), so now the valley is Neandertal, not “Neanderthal”