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minus-squareWxnzxnlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·4 months agoOh, like German “Fach” then, I assume? That does actually make sense
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 months agoYep. Same word, just mutated slightly.
minus-squareDeconceptualist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-24 months agoYeah I feel like 80% of Norwegian is just mutated German. e.g. Tier --> dyr (animal)
minus-squaredeus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months agoGermanic languages do be like that sometimes
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoThere’s also quite a bit of English, eg. Window -> vindu Leather (animal skin) -> skinn
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThat’s the other way. English got a lot of words from the vikings.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThere is a word for that, it is cognate. When words from different languages stem from the same word
Oh, like German “Fach” then, I assume? That does actually make sense
Yep. Same word, just mutated slightly.
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.
There is a word for that, it is cognate. When words from different languages stem from the same word