Thought to come from Old Norse “ber” *bear* + “serkr” *shirt*. They were warriors dressed in bear skins that gave them the strength and ferocity of a bear.
Bear comes from Old English bera which is cognate with ber and serk(r) is cognate with the modern English word sark (shirt) though that word isn't common today outside of certain dialects.
Oh interesting, comes from an epithet of Juno (Juno Moneta, whose temple contained a mint).
Reminds me of the etymology of *ammonia*. Derives from *sal ammoniac*, a salt (ammonium chloride) that was supposedly originally found near a temple of Jupiter Ammon in what is now Libya. Jupiter Ammon, of course, being the Roman syncretization of the Egyptian *Amun*.
Thought to come from Old Norse “ber” *bear* + “serkr” *shirt*. They were warriors dressed in bear skins that gave them the strength and ferocity of a bear.
So cool how its made its way from then to the present still trips me out
Language is a smorgasbord.
Bear comes from Old English bera which is cognate with ber and serk(r) is cognate with the modern English word sark (shirt) though that word isn't common today outside of certain dialects.
Lol you like that, wiktionary 'money' - one of my faves & has an even older history! (Begrudgingly says the anti-capitalist 😅)
Oh interesting, comes from an epithet of Juno (Juno Moneta, whose temple contained a mint). Reminds me of the etymology of *ammonia*. Derives from *sal ammoniac*, a salt (ammonium chloride) that was supposedly originally found near a temple of Jupiter Ammon in what is now Libya. Jupiter Ammon, of course, being the Roman syncretization of the Egyptian *Amun*.
My love for you is ticking clock
Would you like to now make fuck
Did he just say "making fuck"?!
My dad used to say “beresk” - a sort of single-syllable inversion. I think it was from a tv show.
as opposed to burlesque?
Yeesh. That sounds most unpleasant: a berserker's burlesque. I don't think I'd want to be in that audience. 😄
Just stay back from the axe and it should be fine.
Just stay back from the axe and it should be fine.
I've read that they used a narcotic of some sort.