TechCodex@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTechnically, she's rightprogramming.devimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
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minus-squareComradeEchidna [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoMan in old English was gender neutral and Women were Wifman (from were we get wife) and men Werman (where we get the were in werewolf). So literally wife-man and man-man. So the wi in women makes sense. I don’t know were the wo noise came in though.
Man in old English was gender neutral and Women were Wifman (from were we get wife) and men Werman (where we get the were in werewolf). So literally wife-man and man-man.
So the wi in women makes sense. I don’t know were the wo noise came in though.