I wonder a lot about how perceptions and interpretations from an early point of life must be – predetermined probably isn’t the right word, but maybe necessarily and profoundly shaped – by the micro- and macro- evolution of language used in a particular society before one has had a chance to learn it, or how it even came to be.
The Chinese term for “family” is “jiārén” (家人) , which more literally translates to “home people”. That’s kind of sweet, isn’t it?