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I'm not saying you're wrong, and I'm not very knowledgeable about language evolution but strawberries are called "earth berries" in Scandinavian languages.
by eksemplar 10y ago
I'm not saying you're wrong, and I'm not very knowledgeable about language evolution but strawberries are called "earth berries" in Scandinavian languages.
- amelius 10y agoBtw, also in Germanic languages.
- flexie 10y agoScandinavian languages, except Finnish and Sami, are Germanic :-)
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- phamilton 10y agoFinland, depending on who you ask, is a Nordic country but not a part of Scandinavia.
- flexie 10y agoYes, especially when talking about languages and culture although these countries have many geographic, economic and social similarities. Same with Iceland, although Icelandic is Germanic. Even if so, Finnish is an officially recognized minority language of Sweden with almost 500,000 speakers. Then again, probably Arabic will overtake Finnish as largest minority language soon but I would hesitate before calling it a Scandinavian language.
- flexie 10y agoThe scandinavian words for strawberry, "jordbær" in Danish/Norwegian (directly translated "earth berries" or "ground berries"), "jordgubbe" in Swedish (earth lump) are believed to be named such because they grow close to the ground. Most of the other compound fruits or berries eaten in Scandinavia/England grow on trees or bushes.
- qz_ 10y ago"Aardbei" in Dutch roughly translates to earthberry
- kseistrup 10y agoEven in Old English strawberries were called earthberries: eorþberige