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In Swedish, apelsin and orange are distinct and not interchangeable. Sibling comment about Chinese apple seems credible to me. I can think of several orange th
by htgb 6y ago
In Swedish, apelsin and orange are distinct and not interchangeable. Sibling comment about Chinese apple seems credible to me.
I can think of several orange things other than oranges: sea buckthorn as you say, but also cloudberries and carrots (which I don't get why they are dismissed by the article: not vibrant enough? Nor is a fox…?).
An older word for orange (ish?) I can think of is brandgul. Brand is a big fire, and gul is yellow, so "big-fire yellow" if you will. Still a variation of yellow, but yet another naturally occurring orange :)
- simtel20 6y agoOrange carrots do not have a relatively long history as part of our cuisine. Reading the wikipedia article may satisfy your curiosity - it's more than I can condense at this hour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot?wprov=sfla1
- Tor3 6y agoGood point. Carrot with today's colour wouldn't be around before the fruit arrived in Europe. You would be more likely to find white carrots, for example.
- aikinai 6y agoI don’t think foxes are orange enough that you would make up a new word if you already had brown and red.