noumenon@lemmy.world to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoWOTD: fittingen.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkWOTD: fittingen.wiktionary.orgnoumenon@lemmy.world to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square1linkfedilink
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago“If I fits, I sits” is fitting. Interesting how the main verb (fit) has barely any known etymology. Wiktionary lists a potential Middle English ancestor, perhaps an Icelandic cognate, and… that’s it. And it’s semantically a mess.
“If I fits, I sits” is fitting.
Interesting how the main verb (fit) has barely any known etymology. Wiktionary lists a potential Middle English ancestor, perhaps an Icelandic cognate, and… that’s it. And it’s semantically a mess.