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minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoIsn’t bat in German something the Flidermaus which is “flying mouse”?
minus-squareMikeOToxin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoIt’s ‘bald mouse’ in French, that much I know.
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s “fluttering mouse” in Norwegian.
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoEnglish used to have a word like that borrowed from Middle Dutch. Lots of Germanic languages have a word for bats that means something like “flying/floating mouse”.
Isn’t bat in German something the Flidermaus which is “flying mouse”?
It’s ‘bald mouse’ in French, that much I know.
Leather mouse in Hungarian
It’s “fluttering mouse” in Norwegian.
English used to have a word like that borrowed from Middle Dutch. Lots of Germanic languages have a word for bats that means something like “flying/floating mouse”.