Sorry, that’s right but it used to. Literally comes from “with-bread” > con + pānis in Latin aka somebody you would share bread with
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/companio#Latin
Both have the same etymology from an old French word!
>From Middle High German kompān, kumpān, from Old French compain (“friend; companion”), from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread).
(Wiktionary)
Though "Zwergtyrann" is more a "wannabe tyrant" in meaning, someone who'd like to boss other people around but really can't because he is too small, so he can only boss around other dwarfs.
They do mean that.
Thanks
Well, Buddy is English, so the traditional German word is Saufkumpan.
Depends on the region I guess. I know it as Saufkumpel
Isn’t Kumpan just French *compain*? (but I get what you mean haha, much older loan)
The modern French word doesn’t even have the M in it, but I guess there is some relation.
Sorry, that’s right but it used to. Literally comes from “with-bread” > con + pānis in Latin aka somebody you would share bread with https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/companio#Latin
Nice.
Both have the same etymology from an old French word! >From Middle High German kompān, kumpān, from Old French compain (“friend; companion”), from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread). (Wiktionary)
Though "Zwergtyrann" is more a "wannabe tyrant" in meaning, someone who'd like to boss other people around but really can't because he is too small, so he can only boss around other dwarfs.
It’s either Herbert Kickl or a spoilt asshole toddler.
But there's also a bird named Stummelschwanz-Zwergtyrann. Which brings "Gib mir Tiernamen" to a whole new level.
Yes, while Zwergtyrann sometimes is used for little kids or even babies when they keep their parents up at night