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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

"Kak" is from Greek. "Cac" is an alternate spelling coming from the same root via French, as in "cacophony" or

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting. I know “kak” from Afrikaans and “cachu” from Welsh. I’ve never seen the word definitively derived from Greek; I always believed the root was from PIE language. What do I know?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I looked up the Dutch "kak" and that's pretty funny. It means "bad" in Greek, but the Dutch meaning still works great - rule by the shittiest people.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah - I assumed “shit (people)” was what we were going for; “k” doesn’t exist in Welsh so I asked for the alt spelling. Cacophony then translated as “shit sound” in my head - which again, kind of, works. Language is difficult.

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