rail 🦊2d ago

Until a few years ago in Poland there used to be a local bus line 666 to Hel, but the number was changed after Catholics complained 🙄

Now Flixbus opened a line 666 from Kraków to Hel, so it's finally back ;3

Show thread💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]
@[email protected] maybe you know this already but hell and all those similar words mean 'north sea'
Jun 26 at 8:35amWeb
Show threadLili2d ago
@brettm @rail it's Hel, not hell, so absolutely not here
Wikipedia says it's from a Germanic word meaning 'a hill next to sea' or 'an elevated place, exposed to winds', depending on dialect
Show thread💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]2d ago
@[email protected] @[email protected] hel hell hul hull all refered originally to north sea afaik!
Show threadAslak Raanes2d ago
@brettm @Lili @rail For some the north sea is hell
Show thread💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]2d ago
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] yes its been a fair while since i've been reading up on any linguistics but i think that's part of the reason when the bible got translated from greek -> latin -> english they used the word 'hell' cause it was pretty hellish to cross, and the etymology of the word also has meanings like hidden, sinister (people were 'hidden' after getting swallowed up by the sea, washed overboard or boat sank).

fun fact 'holland' is descended from the same word too.
Show threadElch2d ago
@brettm @Lili I don't think so. The Germanic words are thought to go back to a verb meaning 'to conceal', hell/hél/Hölle etc. being a place that is hidden from mortal sight. I don't know where you got that Northsea thing from
Show threadkabel421d ago
@brettm @Lili @rail makes sense, I thought it referred to the goddess and/or helheim
Show thread💙🩷💜 Brett [he/him/any]1d ago
possibly its all these things at once

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