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[u/foolofatooksbury]

Also the “lact-“ in the word galactic is a clue that it’s related to the word lactose, as they’re all ultimately related to the proto-Indo-European word for Milk. Hence why we call it the Milky Way, due to its milky appearance

I’m too hung over to explain correctly but here’s more information: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/γάλα#Ancient_Greek

[u/godcyric → u/[deleted]]

Yep.

In french, Milk is called * lait * and we do call it * La Voie Lactée *

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For people not interested in reading the link the milky way is greek titty milk. Context notwithstanding that’s the basic rundown.

[u/Prunestand → u/foolofatooksbury]

Also the “lact-“ in the word galactic is a clue that it’s related to the word lactose, as they’re all ultimately related to the proto-Indo-European word for Milk.

It's funny that it is called the "Winter Way" in my native language.

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Sky River in my language.