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What The Bishop Chess Piece Is Called In Europe (lemmy.world)

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[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

~~Kowalski~~ Wazowski, analysis!