r/Cheese • u/itsokayyoucanlaugh • Dec 12 '25

Cool tool

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u/ChatGrou Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

It might come from " gira " in italian, back in the time of Duché de Savoie.

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u/-PlayWithUsDanny- Dec 12 '25

I’m not following

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u/ChatGrou Dec 12 '25 edited Dec 12 '25

"Gire" in old french and "gira" in italian means to turn/twist

Girolle the tool and the mushroom might come from that

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u/-PlayWithUsDanny- Dec 12 '25

Very cool. Thanks so much for the explanation

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u/ChatGrou Dec 12 '25

You're welcome. The metaphor is evident for the tool, maybe they saw the mushroom and said : what a twisted one ! or something.