EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 1 day agoWhat The Bishop Chess Piece Is Called In Europelemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareWazowski@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 day agoThe Spanish word is borrowed from Arabic fil (sounds sort of like “feel”) = elephant (al fil = the elephant). Hebrew cognate is pil, sounds sort of like the English word “peel”. Italian is unrelated, I think.
The Spanish word is borrowed from Arabic fil (sounds sort of like “feel”) = elephant (al fil = the elephant). Hebrew cognate is pil, sounds sort of like the English word “peel”. Italian is unrelated, I think.
KowalskiWazowski, analysis!