The Vikings didn't only bring tools, trade and violence to
Britain over 1,000 years ago - they also brought language and The Local has
collected the ten most common English words with "Swedish" roots. Sourse:
Thelocal.se
Ugly
When the Vikings felt like insulting one another, there’s a
fair chance they would use the word uggligr… stemming from the word ugga – to
fear. If a Viking wasn’t fearsome enough, an ugly one would have been enough to
make you choke on your mead. Pictured is what may be considered to be an ugly
duckling.
Window
Literally translated, a window is a wind-eye according to
Old Norse. It stems from vindauga, where vind means wind and auga is eye.
Thursday
Thursday is the weekly event mentioned in the story - did
you guess it? The word Thursday stems from Thor's Day, who was the Norse god of
Thunder. This one dates way back to the 12th century, from Old Norse thōrsdagr.
Viking
If there
was ever a word we could guarantee came from the Vikings it would have to be
the word Viking. The word comes from the Old norse: vīkingr - with one
theory suggesting it stems from the phrasal verb fara í víking "to go on
an expedition"
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