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prettygoodwordTheme week! Words that exist in both English and Icelandic. Starting with the obvious:
fjord - n., a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs.
Being a bay usually formed by glacial erosion. In Icelandic, it's fjörður. From Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr, from North Germanic *ferthuz, from the PIE root *prtus, from *por-, going, passage -- thus making it a deep cognate of port.
---L.
fjord - n., a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs.
Being a bay usually formed by glacial erosion. In Icelandic, it's fjörður. From Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr, from North Germanic *ferthuz, from the PIE root *prtus, from *por-, going, passage -- thus making it a deep cognate of port.
---L.
