Comment on Which fly came first?
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Almost certainly fly as in birds came first. Trousers with a fly are a pretty recent fashion development, like within the last 200 years or so, whereas people have been watching birds since before the invention of language.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I agree. I also imagine fly for insects comes from abbreviating “flying bug” or something like that, so also came after the verb to fly.