Look, look! Spain having alfil meaning elephant and Italy having alfiere meaning standart-bearer (is that a common English word?) great! Which one came for the other? Or are they oddly unrelated?

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago

~~Kowalski~~ Wazowski, analysis!

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