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Not quite, they started saying "bear" instead of its real name, Ȧ̷̢̨͇͓͛̒͐͐́̓̎́͌͜͝Ṛ̸̭̫͕̒̈̚͜Ķ̶̢̛͍͚͕̤̜̗͕͖͎̞̣̋̓̄͒͆̏̐͑͒̿͆́͠ͅṬ̷̢̩̠̖͖͖̼̙̼̪̯̈͜O̵̰͕̓̋̊̊̾̈͐
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isn't bear supposed to mean 'the brown one' ?
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Yes, so "bear" is the euphemism people started to use in order to avoid saying its real name. Or so the theory goes, anyway.
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PIE Proto-Germanic Old English Middle English Modern English h₂r̥tḱós arhaz earh earh are, ere h₂r̥tḱós arhsaz earx, arx arx arx h₂rétḱ-os rahso reaxa rax rax h₂ŕ̥ḱtos urhtaz orht orhte rought h₂ŕ̥ḱtos urhaz urh urgh, rugh (o)rough ? I'm not sure if Lemmy does tables the same way and hope that renders correctly, but I've borrowed some possible non-euphemism PIE reconstructions for how it might've gone, and I have to say my favorite would be "rought" pronounced /ɹʌft/. But I could also see "orough" turning into "owo" which amuses me greatly.
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