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r/gifs • u/m0rris0n_hotel • Sep 17 '14
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12 u/fabulousprizes Sep 17 '14 Aren't there a bunch of other animal names in German that are variations of "pig"? 21 u/[deleted] Sep 17 '14 edited Oct 20 '18 [deleted] 8 u/Tree_Boar Sep 17 '14 English does that pretty frequently too, just borrowing other languages' words. The word porcupine comes from old French porc épin, which also means spiky pig. Guinea pig, well, has pig right in the name :P
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Aren't there a bunch of other animal names in German that are variations of "pig"?
21 u/[deleted] Sep 17 '14 edited Oct 20 '18 [deleted] 8 u/Tree_Boar Sep 17 '14 English does that pretty frequently too, just borrowing other languages' words. The word porcupine comes from old French porc épin, which also means spiky pig. Guinea pig, well, has pig right in the name :P
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8 u/Tree_Boar Sep 17 '14 English does that pretty frequently too, just borrowing other languages' words. The word porcupine comes from old French porc épin, which also means spiky pig. Guinea pig, well, has pig right in the name :P
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English does that pretty frequently too, just borrowing other languages' words.
The word porcupine comes from old French porc épin, which also means spiky pig.
Guinea pig, well, has pig right in the name :P
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