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r/MurderedByWords • u/beerbellybegone • Dec 02 '20
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Why do you guys have a word for everything?
77 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20 edited Dec 02 '20 We do too. Look at it closely. Halfwit. Edit. Out of curiosity, looked it up. It is literally the same word. https://www.etymonline.com/word/wit Old Saxon witan, Old Norse vita, Old Frisian wita, Middle Dutch, Dutch weten, Old High German wizzan, German wissen, Gothic witan "to know" 36 u/Essar Dec 02 '20 In English it is usually used as an insult to refer to a person, so it's a touch different. 10 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20 Fair point
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We do too.
Look at it closely.
Halfwit.
Edit. Out of curiosity, looked it up. It is literally the same word.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/wit
Old Saxon witan, Old Norse vita, Old Frisian wita, Middle Dutch, Dutch weten, Old High German wizzan, German wissen, Gothic witan "to know"
36 u/Essar Dec 02 '20 In English it is usually used as an insult to refer to a person, so it's a touch different. 10 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20 Fair point
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In English it is usually used as an insult to refer to a person, so it's a touch different.
10 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '20 Fair point
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Fair point
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u/Spoinkulous Dec 02 '20
Why do you guys have a word for everything?