Gloves
Gloves
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Handskar, I stand with the Germans on this one
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I know it's not likely, but I REALLY like the idea of "handcar"
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It's not exactly handcar, but "vehicle" in german is "drivething" (Fahrzeug).
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What's so special about it? https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/old-railway-handcar-railroad-mokra-gora-serbia-old-railway-handcar-186122041.jpg
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I didn't realize I've been saying "hand shoes" all my life. Finnish word hanskat obviously comes from Swedish handskar. Maybe I should say käsineet instead so it would have nothing to do with shoes.
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Har undrat vad "skar" betyder i ordet. Hand är ju självklart men inte hittat något om vad skar menar eller brukade mena.
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"av ord motsvarande HAND och SKO"
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If it weren't for all that Latin and French influence, we'd still be calling them handshoes, too.
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Once you can wrap your head around Handshuhe, Fingerhut becomes obvious. "Ah, so this is how this is going to go."
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Following that logic then how about Penis-Regenmantel?
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Japanese: 手袋 = Tebukuro = Hand bag/sack
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mittens should be handbags
handbags should be, uh, just bags?
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Handbags are just bags in Japanese, but a different bag word: 鞄 (kaban)
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Eskularruak.
I prefer to call my gloves handfurs thankyouverymuch
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To handle furries better, smart, I just use work gloves tho.
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I mean, the German has a point
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It's almost like they have different root languages
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Then a wild перчатки (perchatki) appeared.
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Me when languages from different groups have different words for an object
Handshoes
bless you
Actually, English is a Germanic language. However, you are right that this specific word in English is not Germanic.
Most words in English aren't.
English is a chimera that ate the faces of 3 other languages and wears their skins