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Re:Alu (Runic) by jhoechtl on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:41AM (#24531937)
I think the takeaway of this article is that the english ale derives from germanic alu which also has the meaning "intoxicating beverage" as descibed in the WP-article.
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Re:Alu (Runic) by devmunchies on Sunday September 20, 2020 @12:54PM (#24535152)
I like learning these types of things. It’s like the “gebo” rune, which is just an “X”, is the rune for giving or gifting.

It’s where X-mas comes from, the season of giving.

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Re:Alu (Runic) by hinoki on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:19PM (#24550521)
I thought it was because X is Chi, short for Christ?

Wikipedia only mentions the Greek origin, do you have any references?

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Re:Alu (Runic) by guiraldelli on Sunday September 20, 2020 @04:01AM (#24532606)
I read the word “alu” in the title and thought, “is it a misspelling of ‘beer’ in Lithuanian? [1]”

Well, I am not disappointed with the conclusion. :)

[1]: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/alus#Lithuanian

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