It comes from Latin iactare meaning “to cast”. Over time the c was dropped as French evolved and the i shifted to a y consonant and we get yeter. Once it was borrowed into English it further changed as it simplified the ending and following the great vowel shift.
I am lying but most of those bits are facts and I’m actually describing the etymology of jet. Also the proto Indo European ye is hilariously uncanny.
meco03211@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Past tense of yeet?
LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, I think that’s yeeted’d
Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Which is?
PunnyName@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Meaning of yeet in English
“to throw something with a lot of force”
– Oxford English Dictionary
bricklove@midwest.social 10 months ago
It comes from Latin iactare meaning “to cast”. Over time the c was dropped as French evolved and the i shifted to a y consonant and we get yeter. Once it was borrowed into English it further changed as it simplified the ending and following the great vowel shift.
I am lying but most of those bits are facts and I’m actually describing the etymology of jet. Also the proto Indo European ye is hilariously uncanny.
Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Looks like I learned something today. Though is there something wrong with just saying “threw”?
droans@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yote