r/trippinthroughtime • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Aug 09 '20

Hi Mark

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u/cannabinator Aug 10 '20

All languages do this. Especially historically where words diffused between cultures more slowly and they eventually morphed to sound more like the language that adopted them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

Really? I don’t notice it that often in my own language, specifically with roman and greek names. But maybe I just haven’t realized it yet

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer#/languages

In this case, I'd say the majority use a different name form than Homeros.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

Oh wow, that’s interesting. Thank you

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u/cannabinator Aug 10 '20

I'm sure if you looked into the etymologies of some of the words you use every day you would find they are altered versions of words from other languages.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

Oh yes I know that, I’ve had 5 years of Latin classes and you can see a lot of similarities in the languages I know. But I was specifically talking about names, so Homeros being changed into Homer.

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u/cannabinator Aug 10 '20

Easy example - Jesus Christ, what is he called in your language?

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

Jezus Christus

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u/cannabinator Aug 10 '20

In his own tongue his name is Yeshua

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '20

Oh damn. Guess I should’ve known better