This old Danish leader may have an connection you wouldn’t expect (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Who is the leader you ask? In old Norse, his name was Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson. That’s probably not familiar to you, and you probably haven’t heard of his kingship, and his unification of the tribes of Denmark. But if I give you the English version of his name, you may notice something interesting In English, his name is Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. That’s right, Bluetooth is actually named in relation to this king who died in 985 or 986 AD. The idea is that the creator of Bluetooth wanted Bluetooth to unite technology, just like how this king united old Danish tribes. And this is also reflected in the Bluetooth symbol. I’m sure everyone noticed that there’s a B looking thing in the symbol. But you may not know that there are actually 2 letters there. The symbol is a combination of the Younger Futhark runes ᚼ(H) and ᛒ(B), which are the kings initials. And the combination of runes into one isn’t completely artistic license. At different points in history, runes were sometimes combined in writing, though not often later on in time. Pretty cool stuff, right?

 

[Selfmate]

but why was bluetooth named bluetooth in the first place?

 

[Ahsoka]

but why was bluetooth named bluetooth in the first place?

That mystery remains Some ideas are that it may have had to do with appearance. For example, maybe he had a dead tooth. Or maybe his hair or skin was darker than usual. But the definite reason isn’t really known

 

[Selfmate]

That mystery remains Some ideas are that it may have had to do with appearance. For example, maybe he had a dead tooth. Or maybe his hair or skin was darker than usual. But the definite reason isn’t really known

that's weird lol

usually if something is named after someone then the original someone's name generally has a meaning behind it

 

[Ahsoka]

that's weird lol

usually if something is named after someone then the original someone's name generally has a meaning behind it

It likely did have a meaning then, it’s just been lost because it happened a while ago and not enough people wrote down why they named him that And the name Bluetooth doesn’t seem to build off the same reason he was called Bluetooth, but more focused on that being his name and what he also happened to do at that time

 

[Selfmate]

It likely did have a meaning then, it’s just been lost because it happened a while ago and not enough people wrote down why they named him that And the name Bluetooth doesn’t seem to build off the same reason he was called Bluetooth, but more focused on that being his name and what he also happened to do at that time

it's still weird to me

I mean if someone were to name something selfmate then they should at least clarify or find out why I was named selfmate in the first place no???

Spoiler: context

I use to play a lot of chess back in High School and Checkmate was too on the nose so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfmate

 

[Ahsoka]

it's still weird to me

I mean if someone were to name something selfmate then they should at least clarify or find out why I was named selfmate in the first place no???

Spoiler: context

I use to play a lot of chess back in High School and Checkmate was too on the nose so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfmate

Yeah but in history, oftentimes stuff gets named after people, not named after the reasons people were named stuff Like Washington DC is named after George Washington, and the reason as to why George Washington’s family once upon a time got the last name Washington isn’t really relevant right?

Also Bluetooth still remains a better name than lots of other companies, like Häagen-Dazs. The Bluetooth part may be historically lost, but the bar is low as for requirements for names

 

[Selfmate]

Yeah but in history, oftentimes stuff gets named after people, not named after the reasons people were named stuff Like Washington DC is named after George Washington, and the reason as to why George Washington’s family once upon a time got the last name Washington isn’t really relevant right?

Also Bluetooth still remains a better name than lots of other companies, like Häagen-Dazs. The Bluetooth part may be historically lost, but the bar is low as for requirements for names

names are important and the reason why we are named something is important
like I know the reason for my kids names (both English and Chinese)
but I can also understand if such things are lost to history

 

[dark_tranquility]

my family history goes back as 400 so I could have him as an ancestor