Comment by piva00
With Scandinavian languages it went full circle, there are lots of everyday English words stemming from old Norse :)
With Scandinavian languages it went full circle, there are lots of everyday English words stemming from old Norse :)
As a Swede, I can recognize the norse root of most English word for things that existed 1000 years ago.
yes, a lot indeed. Even some very rare adoptions that almost never happen in languages (like the pronoun they). My most favorite has to be window though from the Old Norse vindauga (vind = wind, auga = eye).