Re: proof that most etymologies are only fairy-tales

Dušan Vukotić wrote:
Is there anyone who is able to explain the homonymy of English bear
(carry, cause to be born) and bear (omnivorous animal/mammal)? Why and
how has it happened?

Because there isn't any reason why it *wouldn't* happen, and both words evolved in unsurprising ways to become, as it happens, homonyms.
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