560: isle of man/wight, inuit Jun 20, 2016

The different British Isles sometimes have their own ancient languages, such as Manx from the Isle of Man. The English name for that island, as well as the Isle of Wight both comes from words meaning the same thing. 'Man' unsurprisingly comes from the Old English for 'human', but 'Wight' also comes from an early Middle English word of the same meaning. This is not uncommon of languages; 'Inuit' comes from the Inuit plural- form of 'inuk' meaning ‘person’.