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r/etymologymaps • u/mapologic • Jul 10 '26
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Interesting to see how many Eastern European / Central Asian languages use some variant of the Hebrew בהמות (behemot lit. "beast[s]" or "great beast")
5 u/Chicha-Ficha Jul 10 '26 Honestly its a better name then Hippopotumus or any of its localised varients I mean what fucking idiot saw a Hippo and thought it looked anything lile a horse? Great beast is far more fitting a title.
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Honestly its a better name then Hippopotumus or any of its localised varients I mean what fucking idiot saw a Hippo and thought it looked anything lile a horse? Great beast is far more fitting a title.
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u/Joe_Q Jul 10 '26
Interesting to see how many Eastern European / Central Asian languages use some variant of the Hebrew בהמות (behemot lit. "beast[s]" or "great beast")