Aniki@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agois it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1100file-text
arrow-up1100message-squareis it called a nickname because of people named nick or because nick named people?Aniki@feddit.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGandalf the Gorsed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33·11 days agoIf you want the real answer, from Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoRobwords (or was it Words Unravelled?) explained that one
minus-squarexoggy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoHistory of English podcast, mother of all etymology tangents. Highly recommended.
If you want the real answer, from Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name.
Robwords (or was it Words Unravelled?) explained that one
History of English podcast, mother of all etymology tangents. Highly recommended.