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sls | 6 years ago

It's not at all unusual for loanwords to get different meanings when they are adopted. Wikipedia gives this lovely example:

The English word Viking became Japanese バイキング (baikingu), meaning "buffet", because the first restaurant in Japan to offer buffet-style meals, inspired by the Nordic smörgåsbord, was opened in 1958 by the Imperial Hotel under the name "Viking".

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