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Loons I am not so sure about (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/loun http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/loun has some interesting info on the name though, see e.g. ite
by wolfhumble 9y ago
Loons I am not so sure about (http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/loun http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/loun has some interesting info on the name though, see e.g. item 5)
but quines sound somewhat similar to the word for woman in today's Scandinavian languages: Danish: kvinde, Norwegian: kvinne and Swedish: kvinna.
You can also find it again in the word Queen (originally woman) that seems to share similar words and meanings in different European languages: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/queen http://www.dictionary.com/browse/queen
Fascinating stuff! :-)
- arethuza 9y agoMy family is from a North East fishing village and apparently I've got one Finnish ancestor about ~300 years ago - I've wondered if that's where I got my distinct epicanthic folds from!
- wolfhumble 9y agoIt's all in the family! :-)
- jacobush 9y agoBefore the Swedish zpelling reform a century ago, "kvinna" used to be typed "qvinna". So even there, not far removed from "queen".