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[REUP FROM REDDIT] Ned Flanders ahh Squidward (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 days ago by OwensanTowafaSMM@thelemmy.club to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Same deal with Portuguese ⟨adeus⟩. With the role of casual valediction being taken by a borrowing, ⟨tchau⟩ [tʃäʊ̯] ~ ⟨xau⟩ [ʃäʊ̯]… etymologically way more problematic, given it's ultimately from Venetan ⟨sciao⟩ [stʃäʊ̯] "slave". Originally ⟨sciao vostro⟩ "your slave" (implied: "I'm at your service").

Glad etymology doesn't dictate current meaning though.