Remember that the Danes ruled much of England for quite a while. . .
Bob W wrote:
Hi,
Saturday, February 12, 2005, 10:57:12 AM, Jens wrote:
Not all Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) words are similar to the
English ones.
They are all germanic languages, though.
Before the middle ages I guess the English and the Scandinavians could
easily understand eachother.
I guess the North Sea is responsable for this :-)
Many basic words are still very similar:
Eye = �je
Hand = h�nd/hand
Finger = finger
House = hus
Nose = n�se
Arm = Arm
Knee = kn�
Foot = fod
Horse = hest
Waggon = vogn
Cat = kat
Water = vand
Sea = S�
Drink = drik
etc. etc.
Bite = bid
The list seems to go on for ever.
That's because we're all one big, happy family united in love, the desire to buy the world a Coke, and the genetic imperative to wear Benetton clothing!
After the middle ages, where the nations were kinda closed, the languages
developed differently.
The English language got a lot of foreign influence (French and Latin i.e.).
