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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago (3 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 11 months ago (2 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 11 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 11 months ago

Fun fact: I can't fucking read either.