Because they chose words and sounds purely based on whether they sounded pretty.

Ignore me. This thought was based on false information that I neglected to fact check 😔 learned my lesson there! Apologies for any hard feelings!

Source of correction: a literal linguist 🤦‍♂️

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    13 hours ago

    All languages choose words based on what sounds nice. Or sometimes we make up words that sound bad if we’re trying to convey something is bad.