Did you know that the word “grandfather” used to have two meanings?
The second meaning of this word was quite frightening, reports sport24.ru.
Who used to be called Grandpa
Our ancestors used this word not only to indicate the degree of kinship.
This is recorded in Dahl's dictionary. According to it, a brownie was called a grandfather.
And a sorcerer was called a dedok. The related word "deder" was also in use, but is no longer used.
This word was used to denote any evil spirit and even the "devil". In Dahl's dictionary this word is marked as a swear word.
Probably, “grandfather” received such additional meanings because he denoted the oldest and most experienced representative of the family, explains sport24.ru .
