• Green_Bay_Guy@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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        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.