Yoïn van Spijk on Nostr: The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed ...
The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (meaning “substitute post-horse”). This word, in turn, was composed of the Ancient Greek prefix ‘para-’ and the Gaulish cognate of Welsh ‘gorwydd’.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
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