alina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoIs there a word or phrase in your language to describe the situation when you wanted to fart but shit yourself?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word or phrase in your language to describe the situation when you wanted to fart but shit yourself?alina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoFunnily enough, Peter is the German version of Pierre.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoBoth names come from the same word (Petrus or Petros meaning rock). As you might expect, German “fist” and French “péter” for “fart” are distant cousins too: “pezd-” -> “fistiz” -> “vist” -> “fist” or “pezd-” -> “peditum” -> “pét” -> “péter”.
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoI love etymology! In terms of PIE that means that in “Peter farted five times during fisting.”, 4 words have the same root.
Funnily enough, Peter is the German version of Pierre.
Both names come from the same word (Petrus or Petros meaning rock). As you might expect, German “fist” and French “péter” for “fart” are distant cousins too: “pezd-” -> “fistiz” -> “vist” -> “fist” or “pezd-” -> “peditum” -> “pét” -> “péter”.
I love etymology! In terms of PIE that means that in “Peter farted five times during fisting.”, 4 words have the same root.