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by anon_123g987 1371 days ago
English has "verbing", too.

> "[E]asy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that make English English."

https://www.thoughtco.com/verbing-definition-1692587

Just like "jawn" is not unique (not even within English), in my experience there's almost nothing really unique in any language.

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Verbing isn't unique, but I do like to explore etymological quirks.