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[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

In Dutch we still have "knecht" (knave/servant), and I recall that Dutch and English have some overlap, so it makes sense.

I also recall a video about English, having adopted the Latin alphabet, made less sense than English under the previous Futhark (runes).