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minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoThe best German etymology website considers “mal” [time, instance] to be the root of Mahl(zeit) [meal(time)]. Apparently mahlen is unrelated? My mind is also blown. “Time time” is a wild thing to call meals, but I guess we know what the focus was.
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, but I think this has been though “measure” and it makes sense to get measure from time.
The best German etymology website considers “mal” [time, instance] to be the root of Mahl(zeit) [meal(time)]. Apparently mahlen is unrelated? My mind is also blown.
“Time time” is a wild thing to call meals, but I guess we know what the focus was.
Yeah, but I think this has been though “measure” and it makes sense to get measure from time.