• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    gif

    Etymology: From Proto-Germanic jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

    Conjunction: ġif

    Descendants: Middle English: if, yif, yef

    Therefore, “gif” is pronounced with a Y

    Edit: Yes, this was a very long way to go for a furry joke