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This is very cool. Also, it seems like Romanian is the only language where the word for turtle translates literally to "shelled frog".
by benregenspan 2y ago
This is very cool. Also, it seems like Romanian is the only language where the word for turtle translates literally to "shelled frog".
- cantaloupe 2y agoGerman’s Schildkröte, “shield-toad”, is quite similar.
- neontomo 2y agoSköldpadda - Swedish too
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- joshdavham 2y agoI love when languages have funny words like that. Like how in Japanese, "mushroom" can roughly be translates as "tree child".
- nakedneuron 2y agoHedgehog is literally "needle-mouse" (hari-nezumi).
- dreijs 2y agoIn Dutch, a porcupine is called a "spike-pig" (stekelvarken) Edit: and a turtle is also a "shield-toad" (schildpad)
- riffraff 2y agoPorcupine is actually the same meaning, porcus (pork) spina (thorn/spike). It's just a bit obfuscated in modern English compared to e.g. Italian (porcospino)
- shantara 2y agoSimilarly, in many Slavic languages the bat could be translated as “flying mouse”.