wilder-than-moon-light:jcatgrl:meridok:nekobakaz:languagevillage:selladaw:haliahli:Love this. #words
wilder-than-moon-light:jcatgrl:meridok:nekobakaz:languagevillage:selladaw:haliahli:Love this. #words #OE #English #linguisticsNo, you don’t understand. This is an actual thing though.“deerlore” for zoology and “toothhealer” for “dentist"…**rubs hands** WORLD BUILDING RESOURCES!!!! ironish brimstonelingmy brain hurts trying to read that wikipedia article but also everything is hilarious.I love how this shows the linguistic relationship between Old English and modern German. Because the German word for ‘airport’ is Flughafen (you can guess what that means) and the word for ‘television’ is Fernseher (distance-seer). Soul Lore is definitely a psychedelia ballad-rock band. -- source link