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arrow-up1330imageWet rulelemmy.dbzer0.comViking_Hippie ( Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareapplebusch (she/her) ( applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agowhat the hell happened to esteri to get that honor
minus-squareJRaccoon ( JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuin_Esterin_perseestä One urban legend has it that Esteri was the goddess of rain in pre-Christian Finland, but in fact the name is of Biblical origin. Another folk etymology suggests the phrase derives from Esteri, a brand of water pumps used by fire brigades.
what the hell happened to esteri to get that honor
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuin_Esterin_perseestä