WittyProfileName2 [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agoWhat do you folks call the little room under the stairs?message-squaremessage-square37 fedilinkarrow-up139file-text
arrow-up139message-squareWhat do you folks call the little room under the stairs?WittyProfileName2 [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agomessage-square37 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRNAi [he/him]hexbear12·3 years agoOk this time for real, in spanish we have "cuchitril" that means "small space"/"hovel" and since starts with cuch I thought it might be related but no, etimology says it comes from nahuatl link
minus-squareWittyProfileName2 [she/her]hexagonhexbear5·edit-23 years agoThe etymology of cwtch is kinda hard to pin down for various reasons. One widespread theory is that it derives from couch, a Middle English word for lying down or possibly the Old French word Couche. link
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]hexbear3·3 years agoMore proof that Nahua peoples made way cooler stuff than the colonizers. link
Ok this time for real, in spanish we have "cuchitril" that means "small space"/"hovel" and since starts with cuch I thought it might be related but no, etimology says it comes from nahuatl
The etymology of cwtch is kinda hard to pin down for various reasons.
One widespread theory is that it derives from couch, a Middle English word for lying down or possibly the Old French word Couche.
still very interesting, thanks for posting
More proof that Nahua peoples made way cooler stuff than the colonizers.