• affenlehrer@feddit.org
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    18 days ago

    Doesn’t work in German (also a Germanic language like English):

    • Mustard: Senf / Mostrich
    • Bastard: Bastard
    • Wizard: Zauberer
    • Coward: Feigling
    • Drunkard: Säufer / Trunkenbold
    • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      It’s thought to be a misunderstanding between French speakers and German surnames. Francophones presumed it was a trade suffix the way in English someone who bakes is a baker. English is a salad of confusion between these two.