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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):

by 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.