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false cognate of the day
Sep. 22nd, 2020 10:24 pmtavern (Latin taberna) and town (German Zaun i.e. a fence)...
... except then you go back a bit further and "taberna" is PIE *treb-, "wooden beam", which sounds like it might be related back to fencing, and indeed is the source of the German Dorf "village", which is a bit like a town...
... but no! because town is in fact derived from PIE *dʰewh₂- ("to finish, come full circle"), via hill forts.
Obviously.
... except then you go back a bit further and "taberna" is PIE *treb-, "wooden beam", which sounds like it might be related back to fencing, and indeed is the source of the German Dorf "village", which is a bit like a town...
... but no! because town is in fact derived from PIE *dʰewh₂- ("to finish, come full circle"), via hill forts.
Obviously.