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Re:Italian seaside residents hit with bygone feudal tax by mellavora on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @12:23PM (#27278829)
And interestingly enough, the Swedish word for the fish which is called "pike" in English is "gär".

Lots of Nordic words in old English.

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Re:Italian seaside residents hit with bygone feudal tax by kjs3 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:19PM (#27279581)
Also interesting is we (US, at least) have a fish called a 'gar' that looks similar to a pike, but isn't technically. Pike are family Esocidae and gar are family Lepisosteidae.
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Re:Italian seaside residents hit with bygone feudal tax by bivargen on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:28PM (#27280427)
No, it’s not, the fish is called ”gädda”. The swedish cognate to gar would be ger, which has the same meaning of acute angle/point.
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