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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 28 points 7 months ago (4 children)

There is no evidence that it comes from Portuguese. It most likely comes from Korean. Wind-on-the-panes is bullshitting (convincingly!)

[–] SeabassDan@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying it still could've come from Portuguese??

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

From what I've researched online, the consensus among linguists is that it is not Portuguese in origin. I haven't found anyone opining this other than this tumblr user in fact. Anything is possible, but this seems completely ungrounded.

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