Neva’s Reviews > The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language > Status Update

Nope, Russians don't call girls бабочка. I do lack a lot the possible and needed, and missing Slavic aspect of this book. Germanic and Romance are just two of the big groups, and it is not the Cold War anymore.

Mr Forsyth forgot to add that in Portuguese a turkey is called "um PERU" :)) https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru_(ave)