Etymology of the Word “Lord”

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 7:46 PM UTC

Derek_Mudaxe wrote: post #9

kebman wrote: post #2

Bread in Russian means хлеб (khleb), and in Bulgarian хляб (khlyab). IMHO not so different from Old English hlaf. In Norwegian we use the word loff for white and soft bread, and as far as I know Brits call it a loaf of bread. But everyday bread is just brød in Norwegian, which is of course very similar to the English word bread. Interestingly I know Life of Boris likes his бутерброд (buterbrod), which is basically a…

A slice of bread with butter is not a sandwich, it's just bread and butter or buttered bread. Sandwich is a placename, sandy vik, the food item is named after an earl/eoarl/yarl/jarl (take your pick).

Post by hackyhacky » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 7:51 PM UTC

beebeepka wrote: post #16

kebman wrote: post #2

Bread in Russian means хлеб (khleb), and in Bulgarian хляб (khlyab). IMHO not so different from Old English hlaf. In Norwegian we use the word loff for white and soft bread, and as far as I know Brits call it a loaf of bread. But everyday bread is just brød in Norwegian, which is of course very similar to the English word bread. Interestingly I know Life of Boris likes his бутерброд (buterbrod), which is basically a…

It's actually "hlyab" / "hleb", without the extra "k". We are not Arabs. On a related note, an old friend of mine was really into Norwegian back in the day. He used to say Norwegian is very similar to English. Is that true?

Post by gerdesj » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 8:09 PM UTC

throwaway894345 wrote: post #5

kebman wrote: post #2

Bread in Russian means хлеб (khleb), and in Bulgarian хляб (khlyab). IMHO not so different from Old English hlaf. In Norwegian we use the word loff for white and soft bread, and as far as I know Brits call it a loaf of bread. But everyday bread is just brød in Norwegian, which is of course very similar to the English word bread. Interestingly I know Life of Boris likes his бутерброд (buterbrod), which is basically a…

If you like grain and etymology, you might like the etymology of “barn”: > barn (n.): "covered building for the storage of farm produce," Old English bereærn "barn," literally "barley house," from bere "barley" (see barley) + aern "house," metathesized from rann, rasn (source also of Old Norse rann "large house," Gothic razn "house," Old English rest "resting place"). For the formation, compare Old English sealtærn "…

Post by russellbeattie » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 8:50 PM UTC

throw0101a wrote: post #17

baggy_trough wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody really knows how to translate the "daily" in that sentence because it's a word that appears nowhere else.

For anyone curious: > Epiousios (ἐπιούσιος) is a Greek adjective used in the Lord's Prayer verse "Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον"[a] 'Give us today our epiousion bread'. Because the word is used nowhere else, its meaning is unclear. It is traditionally translated as "daily", but most modern scholars reject that interpretation. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiousios * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha…

Post by schoen » Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 8:55 PM UTC

yawaramin wrote: post #3

On a side note, one of the things I love about iOS/macOS is the built-in dictionary with etymology, which I often use to indulge my curiosity.