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[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, woman and man come from different roots. So while it might have the letters of man in it, it doesn't have man exactly.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound right...

From what I remember "woman" comes from "wifman", which is a compound of "wif" and "man", and back then "man" still refered to male and female persons, and "wer" and "wif" were male and female persons respectively.

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: my memory is shitty. Looks like you're right except that "man" wasn't gendered at the time.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

except that “man” wasn’t gendered at the time.

But I included that, didn't I?

and back then “man” still refered to male and female persons

Or do you mean rather than male and female, I should have said persons regardless of gender? I guess that makes more sense.

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

Fun fact: I can't fucking read either.