huh. well thats ... unexpected.

apparently bears are the voldemort of northern europe.

nobody knows what the real, original name for bears was. something connected to, or used ursus/ursa as part. all the other varients across all the other languages are shortenings of stand ins. e.g. 'the brown one" or "honey eater'. the real name fell out of favor with people thinking saying the name would summon one.

weird.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I always thought it meant "the one who knows where the honey is" not a honey-eater.

Neuman · M

@CrazyMusicLover i didn't chase down all the variants, could well be one language used one and different for another. or i could have picked up a lazy translation

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Neuman I found an article where they explained it more thoroughly and it's really a honey-eater because the original word was medu-ēd-, while now in the form medveď, "-veď" would refer rather to "knowing", etymologically from Proto-Indo-European "weyd-" (to see) but "ēd-" refers to "eat"

XxBlahxX · F

I saw a YouTube video on this. Can't remember non of it 😐

Neuman · M

@XxBlahxX aw man. that coud be a good story basis.

XxBlahxX · F

@Neuman true!

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