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English has "Paternal grandmother" and "Maternal grandmother" for example, it's just not often used and isn't turned into a compound word.
eitland
on Sept 22, 2023
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But you wouldn't tell your kid: we are going to visit your paternal grandmother, right?
That is the distinction I tried to make above between academic and everyday language.
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