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In a sense, English does, too, for the expression 'berg' is simple German for 'mountain', and the expression 'iceberg', then, is a composite word which, literally translated would yield 'ice mountain' or 'mountain of ice'. - (Beasts of Gor, Chapter 2, Sentence #641)

A mountain is a mountain to Goreans, regardless of whether it be formed of soil and stone, or ice. We tend to think of mountains as being land formations. The Gorean tends to think more of them as being objects of a certain sort, rather than objects of a certain sort with a particular location. In a sense, English does, too, for the expression 'berg' is simple German for 'mountain', and the expression 'iceberg', then, is a composite word which, literally translated would yield 'ice mountain' or 'mountain of ice'. 'Berg', of course, in actual German, would be capitalized, for it is a noun. Interestingly, Goreans, although they do not capitalize all nouns do capitalize many more of them than would be capitalized in, say, English or French. Sometimes context determines capitalization. - (Beasts of Gor)