• M137@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    As written at the very start on Wikipedia:

    'from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally ‘ox-eyed’

    • Justas🇱🇹
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      1 month ago

      Ah, so Swedish is literally using “ox eyed fish” as the name.