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Something I’ve noticed that I’ve never seen remarked on: English has weird pairs of opposite where only one is Germanic/Nordic and the other one is “made up” or
by mjklin 1y ago
Something I’ve noticed that I’ve never seen remarked on: English has weird pairs of opposite where only one is Germanic/Nordic and the other one is “made up” or otherwise unclear.
Examples:
German: man
Unclear: woman (not frau or kvinna)
German: white (weiss/vit/etc)
Unclear: black (bläck means ink in Swedish but?)
Swedish: up
Unclear: down (not undan or ner)
German: full (voll)
Unclear: empty (not leer or tom)