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by lmoml 2951 days ago
OP seemed to be referring to Normans. The whole cow (English) -> beef (French) is a classic linguistic example to cite with regard to them.
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oeuviz 2951 days ago
How come the same situation is present in other languages(e.g. French, Serbocroatian)? Improbable that it were always the Normans.
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BerislavLopac 2951 days ago
Which situation specifically? Serbo-Croatian doesn't have that differentiation between the name of the animal and of its meat. There are others (regional "astal" being my favourite example), but the similar pattern can happen in any language.
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linkmotif 2951 days ago
Yes that makes more sense actually. But now I am still confused.
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