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The etymology of Soyjak (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

One of those reposts where I'm just glad to see it again because it's so good lol.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

[I'm OP, just under a different account.]

I forgot to mention a small detail: the *bʰāt- root for "boy" seems to be an old reconstruction. Usually Proto-Indo-European roots have three consonants, and even short *a is surprisingly rare - and it's mostly from borrowings, like the Semiticism *táwros. There's a Proto-Slavic root that might be related, too.

Another possibility is baby talk, given the original meaning associated with "father". That would explain the weird vowel and structure.