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Also look up the origin of the word Sandwich (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There are a bunch of animal names like that. Notably "dog" and "chicken" just showed up without any real source. In middle English we have hounds, and fowls/cocks/hens. It's strange for domestic animals that have been around forever to get renamed afor no apparent reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Huh, I just assumed chicken was chick+hen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I could've swore dog came from the old Scottish word dug. Which was another word for dog