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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderwort

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[–] SnootBoop@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I like how they manage to shoehorn Old Norde into the map but ignored Russian and Polish.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 28 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

At least for my eyes, верблюд and wielbłąd seem to have a different origin than the ones depicted.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same with Lithuanian kupranugaris which just translates into humpback.

[–] sqw 2 points 2 weeks ago

maybe they were not looking to depict oneoffs that did not catch on more broadly

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