TechCodex@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTechnically, she's rightprogramming.devimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down119
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minus-squareComradeEchidna [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoMan in old English was gender neutral and Women were Wifman (from were we get wife) and men Werman (where we get the were in werewolf). So literally wife-man and man-man. So the wi in women makes sense. I don’t know were the wo noise came in though.
minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoWiktionary is good for the dirty details usually. Looks like it’s more complicated than it seems: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman#Usage_notes
Man in old English was gender neutral and Women were Wifman (from were we get wife) and men Werman (where we get the were in werewolf). So literally wife-man and man-man.
So the wi in women makes sense. I don’t know were the wo noise came in though.
Wiktionary is good for the dirty details usually. Looks like it’s more complicated than it seems: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman#Usage_notes