Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees
by aquadrop on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:17AM
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I think slavic version is "the one who knows where the honey is" or "the one who controls the honey"
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees
by mormegil on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:35AM
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Nope, that is a folk etymology, see https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic...
Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees
by aquadrop on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:02AM
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Hm, interesting, always thought it was from parts 'med' and 'ved'. Though Ukrainian's 'vedmed' kinda contradicts suggestion that first part it 'medv'. Maybe it started some long time ago with 'honey eater' and then transitioned...