9 Jul
2016
9 Jul
'16
6:03 a.m.
On Friday, 8 July 2016 at 13:09:12 +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog(a)lemis.com>
wrote:
You don't quote your source, but the blue Duden (paraphrased for
non-German speakers) makes it clear that "Strich" comes from an Ablaut
form of "streichen", itself derived from the root "Strahl",
originally
meaning "arrow". So ultimately, it seems, you have the choice of
being struck or shot.
Greg
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On Thursday, 7 July 2016 at 16:18:41 +0200,
Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
Maybe it helps that the German «Schrägstrich» will desert into Slash
(«Herkunft: englisch slash, eigentlich???= (harter, kurzer) Schlag,
Hieb, laut- und bewegungsnachahmend oder zu altfranzösisch
esclachier???= (zer)teilen» Nemo <cym224(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Finally we have clarity! From now on it's only (without shouting)
solidus and reverse solidus. No confusion any more, at least not
for those in the know. I would argue "solidus" is closer.
SOLIDUS is the Unicode name, too, as is REVERSE SOLIDUS, giving
SLASH and BACKSLASH as secondaries.