The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Wholesome@reddthat.com · 5 months ago"God's little cow"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down12
arrow-up1423arrow-down1image"God's little cow"lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Wholesome@reddthat.com · 5 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareAlfalFaFail@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoThe lady in ladybug is a reference to Mary. Before that, the middle English was, you guessed it, a reference to a cow, Godyscow. Also, in Polish, it’s God’s cow. Welsh gets short red cow. There’s also a archaic French term that’s God’s cow. The other animal that seems to show up is hen.
minus-squarepjuels@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIn Danish, it’s known as a “Mary-hen” (as in adult chicken)
minus-squareiuminou@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoperhaps that is connected with the British word, “ladybird”
The lady in ladybug is a reference to Mary. Before that, the middle English was, you guessed it, a reference to a cow, Godyscow. Also, in Polish, it’s God’s cow. Welsh gets short red cow. There’s also a archaic French term that’s God’s cow.
The other animal that seems to show up is hen.
In Danish, it’s known as a “Mary-hen” (as in adult chicken)
perhaps that is connected with the British word, “ladybird”