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Also look up the origin of the word Sandwich (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what "squyrde" is, but it doesn't show up in any etymological source I've ever seen.

For example:

squid (n.)

"ten-armed marine mollusk, cuttlefish," 1610s, a word of unknown origin. Klein's sources suggest it is a sailors' variant of squirt and so called for the "ink" it jets.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/squid

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Thats where squyrde comes from

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Squyrde comes from Squirtle