Marshmallows
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History of Marshmallows Ancient Egyptians were the first to enjoy a gooey treat now called marshmallow as early as 2000 BC. The treat was considered very special and it was reserved for gods and royalty. Marshmallow was made from the...
    • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Hattara.

      It doesn’t directly translate into anything. Sort of connotates the flimsiness of the product, but much else.

      Hattara sounds like it could be an iron age god tbh.

      Oh, oh. I wasn’t too wrong. Hattara is a Finnish mythical being. https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattara_(mytologia)

      In French, the word “hattara” means father’s beard, and in Greek, the word “hattara” means old women’s hair.

      I love etymology but Finnish ones aren’t as easy to figure out as English / other PIE languages

      • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Thank you for the reply! I’ve never been big on etymology but I might need to get more into it, that’s so neat.