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> English "truth"
> Middle English "trouthe"
> Old English "trēowþ"
> Proto-Germanic "*triwwiþō"
> Proto-Indo-European " *drū"
> Proto-Indo-European "dóru" meaning tree
> Proto-Indo-European " *deru-" *drew-" "“hard, firm, strong, solid”"

So is "truth" best understood as a "tree" or something "hard"?

>> No.17468102

Where the fuck do you get tree from that? If something holds true, it is steadfast, not gonna break, etc. Truth deriving from firm is not unsurprising

>> No.17468426

>>17467600
No. Etymology explains how a word came about, not what it is.

>> No.17468442

>>17467600
The entire fucking universe is LITERALLY a tree and no I will not explain.

>> No.17469362

>>17468442
unironically self evident. I used to use patterns, colours and strings--as a the cosmic fabric--for that instead, but actually this is better. I will steal this.

>> No.17469386

>>17467600

I made this observation once and they called me gay and beat me up

>> No.17469575

>>17469386
>Faggot relates to bundle of sticks
>Truth is related to faggotry