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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Not any word I know about. Chameleons are named Kamelljón (Camel + lion) but that's just because it sounds like the English word. As far as I know, "kamel" is just loaned directly from other languages.

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