Transcription. A four-panel meme.

Person A: “I’m an expert in French history.”

Person B: “Oh yeah? Name 15 kings.”

Person A: “Louis.”

Person B: “That’s on me, I set the bar too low.”

  • @[email protected]
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    361 year ago

    Louis is the “same name” as Clovis. I mean by that it is how the name evolved as the dynasties changed their language from Frankish to Latin to then French.

    Clovis was the first king unifying all Franks, so many Frank kings are named Clovis … and later ones are named Louis.

    • IWantToFuckSpez
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      1 year ago

      Clovis is also the modern French rendition of that name. In Old Frankish it was something like Chlodowig. Hence why king Louis is called Lodewijk in Dutch and Ludwig in German.

      • @joneskind
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        81 year ago

        I knew for Clovis, but didn’t for Chlodowig.

        Thank you dear friend from the internet

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        21 year ago

        Also in french, it evoled into two names : Clovis from the latin prononciation become Louis, losing the c, and making (the latin way) v and u the same. Chlodowig, losing Ch and shifting from w to v become Ludovic.

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        -21 year ago

        It comes from the Old German Hlutwik (various possible spelling) meaning “Famous warrior”. Polish language even have two versions of it - Ludwik straight from German and Alojzy from French.