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minus-squarepmklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYes, it’s the same, all the way back to old norse at least.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoGermanic languages love descriptive compound words… only English stopped doing it and now prefers to pillage other languages for vocabulary.
Yes, it’s the same, all the way back to old norse at least.
Germanic languages love descriptive compound words… only English stopped doing it and now prefers to pillage other languages for vocabulary.