Isn't English (and other Germanic languages) very similar in its propensity for noun+noun compounds? There is crab meat, horse meat, shark meat, etc. And if it

Isn't English (and other Germanic languages) very similar in its propensity for noun+noun compounds? There is crab meat, horse meat, shark meat, etc. And if it weren't for the Norman Conquest, pork would probably be called pig meat. After all, it is simply called Schweinefleisch in German.