TechCodex@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoTechnically, she's rightprogramming.devimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down119
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minus-squareComradeEchidna [they/them, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·edit-211 months 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-up7·11 months 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