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Seriously Europe, get your water bodies straight.

#Etymology #Language #Linguistics
Table showing the words for lake and sea in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.

| English | lake | sea  |
| French  | lac  | mer  |
| Spanish | lago | mar  |
| German  | see  | meer |
| Dutch   | meer | zee  |
I guess the Dutch have the fewest water body allies.

The English, French and Spanish share their lake-lack-lago thing.

The French, Spanish and Germans have their mer-mar-meer thing.

The Dutch only have the sea-zee link with the English.