c/nominativedeterminism · by 7uWqKj@lemmy.world · 230dJohn of Leiden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_LeidenTortured to death for heresy. "Leiden" is German for "suffering". 14 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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starlinguk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 230d
But leiden means "to lead" in Dutch.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 229d
probably derived from "leiten"?
dabaldeagul@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 196d
More likely from the city of Leiden