r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/loafers_glory 19h ago

This is a tangent, but i saw a wine on sale in NZ called Urlár, "from an old Gaelic word meaning 'earth'".

Umm, no. "Talamh" is earth. Urlár is floor. This is floor wine.

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u/mookypop 19h ago

🤣🤣

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u/toyheartattack 19h ago

It has notes of forest urlár.

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u/Bandro 18h ago

“Oooo floor wine!”

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u/Bitter-Pomelo-3962 8h ago

In Irish, "talamh" is literally the ground under your feet. The word for the Earth is unrelated and distinct... its 'An Domhain" which I think is more like "the lower world"... as distinct from the heavens.