▲ 614 ▼ TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years (nautil.us) submitted 2 years ago by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments it's also yummy
[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) The most important words are the oldest permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Important words undergo sound changes all the time. For example, in Germanic languages, Proto Indoeuropean p sounds consistently morphed into f sounds. So the PIE word pods became Proto Germanic fots became English foot. pəter became fader became father. The preposition per became fur became for. Lox is mostly unusual in that it didn't have any major sound changes affect it in Germanic languages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or the newest. I definitely talk about shrinkflation a lot more than I imagine they did in 1530 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ehh, you might want to read about the origins of the bakers dozen. Shrinkflation has been a feature of humanity for a long time, probably ever since we started trading goods. It's just easier to give less when your buyer would prefer that to paying a higher price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago They didn't call it that though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago Important words undergo sound changes all the time. For example, in Germanic languages, Proto Indoeuropean p sounds consistently morphed into f sounds. So the PIE word pods became Proto Germanic fots became English foot. pəter became fader became father. The preposition per became fur became for. Lox is mostly unusual in that it didn't have any major sound changes affect it in Germanic languages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or the newest. I definitely talk about shrinkflation a lot more than I imagine they did in 1530 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ehh, you might want to read about the origins of the bakers dozen. Shrinkflation has been a feature of humanity for a long time, probably ever since we started trading goods. It's just easier to give less when your buyer would prefer that to paying a higher price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago They didn't call it that though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ehh, you might want to read about the origins of the bakers dozen. Shrinkflation has been a feature of humanity for a long time, probably ever since we started trading goods. It's just easier to give less when your buyer would prefer that to paying a higher price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago They didn't call it that though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago They didn't call it that though permalink fedilink source parent