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How does “wheel” relate? In Sweden/DK/NO we call it “hjul” which is pronounced like the American nicotine vape brand juul, quite similar to English
by jeofken 5y ago
How does “wheel” relate? In Sweden/DK/NO we call it “hjul” which is pronounced like the American nicotine vape brand juul, quite similar to English
- flobosg 5y agoAll those words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *kwel- : https://www.etymonline.com/word/*kwel- https://www.etymonline.com/word/*kwel-
- canjobear 5y agoApparently also "pole", via a change kw > p in Greek!
- canjobear 5y agoGrimm's Law was a sound change that turned k into h when Proto-Germanic split off from Proto-Indo-European. The original form was something like *kwel which turned into *hwel in Proto-Germanic, then eventually wheel in English and hjul in Scandinavian languages. The other words (chakra, circle, cycle) are from some kind of reduplicated form like *kwekwlos, via different routes.
- dotancohen 5y agoThis is easily seen today in e.g. Norwegian Kval and English Whale, which still sound similar enough to appear related even to the layman.
- jeofken 5y agoThanks! It reminds me of how western Norwegians (Bergen, Stavanger etc) say a hard K sound when I think a H sound would be “normal”. Maybe they just never changed?
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> In Sweden/DK/NO we call it “hjul” which is pronounced like the American nicotine vape brand juul, quite similar to English I can't quite tell, but if you're saying that the American brand Juul is pronounced in English as if it were the word "you'll", that is not correct. Americans don't think of the letter J that way. (If you're saying Nordic hjul and English wheel are similar, they are cognates.)
- jeofken 5y agoCan’t fix the comment now but meant that SV: hjul is pronounced like the vape brand