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fileeditview on Feb 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: German for Programmers

There is also the German word "Gebein" which is the literal translation for bone and probably the origin of the dialect "Bein" you use.

wirrbel on Feb 8, 2019 [–]

I think I looked it up in an etymological dictionary and the dialectal form is archaic, I.e standard German uses a "mutated" version of the word.

Probably in German both meanings were used alongside for a while and then folks started to attach a "ge-" in front of one meaning to avoid confusion.

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