las blueberries se llaman así porque son actually blue (duh!)
then we have the blackberries, que también tienen un nombre lógico (léase: son negras (rojas too... pero no hablemos de eso porque quiebra mi razonamiento))
y luego están las cranberries que me dan igual y las que me preocupan: strawberries.
por qué straw? crecen cerca de la paja? (chan) o tienen ramas que parecen heno? (pa no repetir paja) no entiendo porque de paja o pajita no tienen nada...
esto me hizo pensar en
straw = paja
straw (en inglés) = pajita (en argentino (no en todos los castellanos))
jaaaa que tarada
en fin... es domingo a la tarde... voy a investigar!
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strawberry
O.E. streawberige, from streaw "straw" + berige "berry." There is no corresponding compound in any other Gmc. language; the reason for the name is uncertain, but perhaps it is in reference to the tiny chaff-like external seeds which cover the fruit. A cognate O.E. name was eorðberge "earth-berry" (cf. Mod.Ger. erdbeere). Strawberry blonde is attested from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
4 comments:
Interesting. Especially since I have always wondered about that myself. Somebody asked me that the other day, too. Strawberry. Mmm... intesresting.
thanks... pocas personas entienden la relevancia de estas cuestiones.
Amazing two people looking for the secrets of etymology I'm not alone!
In fact STRAW is another word for SEED... mystery revealed! I myself had been wondering about the origin of this juicy word and I found it some years ago, so there you go. Check the third definition...
http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=0&Keyword=straw&Language=ENG
thanks ship!
it makes a lot of sense now hehehe!!
i can eat strawberries again!
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