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    287 days ago

    Taking a wild guess

    fag, is related to german Fach, which means “branch, subject (especially used for school/academic subject)”

    Wait doesn’t the english “removed” also mean sticks? Perhaps thats linked to the “branch/subject” “Fach/Fag” in german/norweigen.

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      26 days ago

      It’s interesting to see the consonants follow a pattern like this. In swedish it’s fack, with a harder k-sound, and many words are like this comparing germanic words.