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minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-214 days agoYeah I feel like 80% of Norwegian is just mutated German. e.g. Tier --> dyr (animal)
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·14 days agoGermanic languages do be like that sometimes
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-213 days agoThere’s also quite a bit of English, eg. Window -> vindu Leather (animal skin) -> skinn
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoThat’s the other way. English got a lot of words from the vikings.
Yeah I feel like 80% of Norwegian is just mutated German.
e.g. Tier --> dyr (animal)
Germanic languages do be like that sometimes
There’s also quite a bit of English, eg.
Window -> vindu
Leather (animal skin) -> skinn
That’s the other way. English got a lot of words from the vikings.