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Its antonym white is interesting too. Most people nowadays say ‘wite’, but in parts of Scotland, Ireland, and the USA, the older pronunciation ... 1/
Yoïn van Spijk has moved on Nostr: Black isn’t the original main English word for the darkest colour. In Old English, ...
Black isn’t the original main English word for the darkest colour. In Old English, that was sweart. It’s the ancestor of swart, the now archaic cognate of German schwarz, Dutch zwart, Swedish svart and others. Black gradually displaced swart during the late Middle Ages.
Zoom in on the latest graphic in my Germanic colour series to learn more.
Its antonym white is interesting too. Most people nowadays say ‘wite’, but in parts of Scotland, Ireland, and the USA, the older pronunciation ... 1/
Zoom in on the latest graphic in my Germanic colour series to learn more.
Its antonym white is interesting too. Most people nowadays say ‘wite’, but in parts of Scotland, Ireland, and the USA, the older pronunciation ... 1/