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I was going to add that when my father, from Fife on the east coast to Scotland, went to Iceland he was very interested to find out that he could understand man

I was going to add that when my father, from Fife on the east coast to Scotland, went to Iceland he was very interested to find out that he could understand many of the place names. He didn't speak a different language, but had quite a strong accent and also quite a lot of different words. [edit to clarify compared to me born & bred in England] The main example he used was Kirkjubæjarklaustur which translates as "church farm cloister". However looking it up this morning adds more depth to the history of the language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjub%C3%A6jarklaustur# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkjub%C3%A6jarklaustur# > Even before the time of the first Norse settlement in Iceland, Irish monks are thought to have lived here. Since 1186, a well known convent of Benedictine nuns, Kirkjubæjar Abbey, was located in Kirkjubæjarklaustur, until the Reformation in 1550.

dijit 2y ago
My family is from Scotland and I was surprised how many slang names for things matched scandinavian languages (Swedish, in my case). Kirk: Church Barn (Baen): Children There was a bunch more, maybe I’ll make a proper list some day.
- Steve44 2y ago
  Yes I think Northern Europe has been quite a mixing pot for a while hence so many common links. The Vikings first settled in Ireland in about 800 AD so presumably the languages were mixing and evolving. Your list would be interesting, go for it.
  - vidarh 2y ago
    Most of the common links between Nordic languages and English is because English is a Germanic language, but subsequent transfer also certainly happened.
lmpdev 2y ago
My first name, Lachlan, is a Scottish Gaelic name which was used to describe Scandinavian Vikings Specifically it means “Lord from the Land of the Loch”, derived from the Scottish name for Norway: Lochlann I cannot recall others but there a lot of personal and place names of Scottish/Scandinavian mix —————— PS Lachlan has oddly taken off in Australia and is one of the most popular male names for men my age, along with Murdoch’s kid
- didgeoridoo 2y ago
  Assume the popularity is due to Lachlan Macquarie, a major NSW historical figure?
  - lmpdev 2y ago
    Correct I can’t understate the popularity though I currently work with four Lachlans amongst team of ~20-30

dijit 2y ago

My family is from Scotland and I was surprised how many slang names for things matched scandinavian languages (Swedish, in my case). Kirk: Church Barn (Baen): Children There was a bunch more, maybe I’ll make a proper list some day.

Steve44 2y ago
Yes I think Northern Europe has been quite a mixing pot for a while hence so many common links. The Vikings first settled in Ireland in about 800 AD so presumably the languages were mixing and evolving. Your list would be interesting, go for it.
- vidarh 2y ago
  Most of the common links between Nordic languages and English is because English is a Germanic language, but subsequent transfer also certainly happened.

lmpdev 2y ago

My first name, Lachlan, is a Scottish Gaelic name which was used to describe Scandinavian Vikings Specifically it means “Lord from the Land of the Loch”, derived from the Scottish name for Norway: Lochlann I cannot recall others but there a lot of personal and place names of Scottish/Scandinavian mix —————— PS Lachlan has oddly taken off in Australia and is one of the most popular male names for men my age, along with Murdoch’s kid

didgeoridoo 2y ago
Assume the popularity is due to Lachlan Macquarie, a major NSW historical figure?
- lmpdev 2y ago
  Correct I can’t understate the popularity though I currently work with four Lachlans amongst team of ~20-30