BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoHello am business goose.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down13
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minus-squareGreen_Bay_Guy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou could do this all day with Vietnamese. Kangaroo is bag mouse. Orca is assassin fish, giraffe is a long-necked deer. Etc.
minus-squareenthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoDutch 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
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago 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.
You could do this all day with Vietnamese. Kangaroo is bag mouse. Orca is assassin fish, giraffe is a long-necked deer. Etc.
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
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.