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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You could do this all day with Vietnamese. Kangaroo is bag mouse. Orca is assassin fish, giraffe is a long-necked deer. Etc.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Dutch has a lot of good ones!

    Hippo: Nile Horse (nijlpaard)

    Leopard: Lazy Horse (luipaard)

    Sea urchin: Sea Hedgehog (zee egel)

    Seal: Sea Dog (zeehond)

    Skunk: Stink Animal (stinkdier)

    Turtle: Shield Toad (Schildpad)

    Slug: Naked Snail (Naaktslak)

    Porcupine: Spiky Pig (Stekelvarken)

    Edit: formatting

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Leopard: Lazy Horse (luipaard)

    I've looked it up and apparently leo is lion and part is leopard or panther. So it's a lion leopard. English and Dutch have the same etymology, and German too, all your examples are the same in German.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Are you implying that the word for leopard is compounded from the word for leopard???? How did they get the first word for leopard if they didn't have a word for leopard?????

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    While this is kind of fun, it’s also kind of frustrating. Like when Merriam Webster tries to define a word for me by using the word. Frustrating: having a quality or qualities that frustrates.

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