George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of self-driving cars

Re:George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of ... by cozzyd on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:01PM (#17528138)

‎hoţ (pronounced hotz) is Romanian for thief. Not sure what the etymology is but it could be a Slavic loan word.

Edit: looked it up... Unknown etymology. I guess if you count Moldovan as a separate language then it means thief in at least two languages...

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Re:George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of ... by gcbirzan on Saturday July 14, 2018 @07:32AM (#17529890)

I found https://blogulblog.wordpress.com/z-postari-pe-alte-teme-ling... which lists it as coming from Romani. However, I find that a bit weird, as it's čor – hoț. The first letter being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_affrica...

So, yes, cioara could come from there, but not sure how you get from there to hot. And, DEX lists cioara as coming from the Albanian sorrë.

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