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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year 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.

[-] napalminjello@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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?????

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Correction: it's male leopard. It surprised me as well. It's ultimately from Indo-Iranian origin.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardus#Latin

[-] Haus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The Dutch are sneaky bastards (stiekemeklootzakken).

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.

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