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[–] beckerist@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: one of the oldest languages with an interpretation of the word "water" is Sumerian from over 3500 years ago.

It was pronounced "ay"

(like Fonzi, not eye)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I’m betting there are many languages which predate that (which we don’t know of) that all have words for water.