Comment on Are there words in reverse order within alphabet-based languages?
Lehmuusa@nord.pub 1 week ago
So, you’re asking whether there are languages that have compound words that are in reversed order in other languages? At least you’ve taken a Chinese compound word as an example.
Yes, they exist.
In German a rhino is “nashorn”, where “nas” means nose and “horn” means horn. Therefore, the literal translation would be nosehorn. And in Finnish a rhino is “sarvikuono”, where “sarvi” means horn and “kuono” means nose. Therefore, the literal translation would be hornnose.
Q.e.d.