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minus-squarenapalminjello@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAre 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???
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCorrection: it’s male leopard. It surprised me as well. It’s ultimately from Indo-Iranian origin. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardus#Latin
minus-squareHaus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThe Dutch are sneaky bastards (stiekemeklootzakken).
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThere are only two things I can’t stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.
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???
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
The Dutch are sneaky bastards (stiekemeklootzakken).
There are only two things I can’t stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.