AngharadHafod on Nostr: I just realised (thanks to the below video) that the word "Canton" as in the ...
I just realised (thanks to the below video) that the word "Canton" as in the political divisions in Switzerland (from Latin Canthus) is related to the English word Hundred - and the Welsh word Cantref. I'd associated the English and the Welsh before, but not the Swiss.
Cant - Hundred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gscd49v_q50Published at
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