• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    15 days ago

    because it was literally pronounced like that not too long ago, compare “knight” to “knekt” in swedish.

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      14 days 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).