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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?????

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Dutch are sneaky bastards (stiekemeklootzakken).

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 5 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.