According to Wiktionary, the etymology of “shark” beyond Middle English is unknown.
sharks
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
I like the theory that the word is made to look like the animal. The s is the face, the h is the fin, and the k is the tail: shark. I'm sure that's not actually true but it is fun lol
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Even the word itself looks like a shark
VGpunx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You are 110% right!
ceenote@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They just look sharky, you know?
Danarchy@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Similarly, whoever named “scabies” really nailed it
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 weeks ago
I study languages for fun and though English can be grating at this point (native speaker but typically in a Spanish/Mandarin environment) one thing I’ll give it is a lot of words do sound like what they mean — and though I’m surely biased as a native speaker there are some words that are just very satisfying:
- boom
- crispy
- crunch
- tap
…probably a lot more I can’t think of.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I dunno, that one kinda looks like a toothy potato.
Valo85@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even in Mandarin the name(鲨鱼) is a homophone with the word for ‘kill’ 杀
remon@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Hai!
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Sharks don’t “infest” waters, they LIVE there.
lauha@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People infeat waters
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I never put my feat in waters.