▲ 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
[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) A couple thousand years ago German and English hadn’t even split off from each other — they were the same language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, English is a Germanic language. The same way Spanish and French are romantic, and derived from Romans. permalink fedilink source parent [–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, it was called Gerlish. At least in Gerlish it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, English is a Germanic language. The same way Spanish and French are romantic, and derived from Romans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah, it was called Gerlish. At least in Gerlish it was. permalink fedilink source parent