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A comment on George Carlin's "Soft Language". Parent comment

Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by jacquesm on Sunday October 22, 2023 @02:50PM (#37977990)
It's fun, and they share the two first letters but it's not a fact:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wissen#German

From Middle High German and Old High German wizzan, from Proto-West Germanic witan, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde (“to see, to know”).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Witz#Etymology

From Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic witi, from Proto-Germanic witją from Proto-Indo-European weyd- (“see, know”).

Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

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Re:George Carlin's "Soft Language" by poorlyknit on Sunday October 22, 2023 @07:46PM (#37980102)
Then you click on wóyde and see that it's the

> Root stative of the root *weyd-.

:)

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