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What do you call Santa in your country? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 10 months ago

I get that it's completely unrelated etymogically, but I like how close manden is to mandem. It's the Yule mandem. Santa is, in fact, about a dozen London lads

[-] AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 4 points 10 months ago

It's actually completely related etymologically. Mandem = Man + Dem (Them). Manden = Man + Den (The). Both use the same Germanic words from two very similar Germanic languages. Mandem would just be plural Manden.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 10 months ago

Oh, huh, good point

[-] Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm learning danish as a native English speaker and damn near every danish word is related to a bunch of English words etymologically, even more than when I was learning french.

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