• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    6 days ago

    TIL that “Rosine” had been a common name in Southern Germany until the end of the 19. century, when it started being used the way it is today (as the name for raisins).

    I also learned that the word for “raisin” before “Rosine” was “Zibebe”.

    • gigachad@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Oh wow, now I learned something too, never heard that term before. I have two Rosine’s in my family tree, born 1793 and 1826, both in Saxony-Anhalt.