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Cyanomagenta  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What phrases do we often say that have a deeper meaning? (All languages)

According to Wikitionary, "From Middle English, from Old English hwȳ, hwī (“why”, instrumental case of hwæt (“what”), literally “by what, for what”), from Proto-Germanic hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, locative of *kʷís (“who”)." So, there's a unique word for "why" because there is.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've always thought the life of a word is so interesting. It's insane to think of what had changed over time to cause such a universal change. I'm going to start saying "for what" instead of "why" now. New Year's Resolution.