Tattorack@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoThe name "seagull" implies the existence of landgulls, airgulls, and firegulls.message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareThe name "seagull" implies the existence of landgulls, airgulls, and firegulls.Tattorack@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSorry for being unclear–proto-Celtic calls wolves “wailos” for the same reason as they call gulls “weilanna,” because of the noise, yes. The coincidence is that the modern word “wolf” sounds like the proto-Celtic word “wailos.”
Sorry for being unclear–proto-Celtic calls wolves “wailos” for the same reason as they call gulls “weilanna,” because of the noise, yes. The coincidence is that the modern word “wolf” sounds like the proto-Celtic word “wailos.”