Remembering the Etymology of Weird

When someone calls you weird but you remember the etymology of the word weird: weird (adj.) c. 1400, "having power to control fate," from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune, destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes," from Proto-Germanic *wurthiz (source also of Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"), from PIE *wert- "to turn, to wind," (source also of German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"), from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." For the sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

The meme shows the word “weird” being explained through its ancient etymology beside a glowing, cosmic statue of Socrates. The joke is that instead of feeling insulted when someone calls them weird, the person becomes grandiose and philosophically enlightened by remembering that the word originally referred to fate and destiny. EN: The meme shows the word “weird” being explained through its ancient etymology beside a glowing, cosmic statue of Socrates. The joke is that instead of feeling insulted when someone calls them weird, the person becomes grandiose and philosophically enlightened by remembering that the word originally referred to fate and destiny.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 17126 2024-06-25