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Animal names have very interesting origins. In this collection of maps we explore the words with the most unique etymologies
Carrot
Green marks the languages where the word tank (or similar) is used. The word originated from Portugues “tanque”. The word was taken from some language …
Heat Cold
In this post, we will compare the English names, that include “-berry”, with the names in other languages. Surely, it will be berry interesting! Berries …
Bee Grasshopper The word for this insect is quite easy to analyze from Fench “sauterelle”, which stems from “sauter”, to Bulgarian скакалец, which comes from …
Day Friday The fifth day For most languages represented in the map, the first day of the week is Monday, and thus Friday is the …
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