List of English words of Scandinavian origin
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This is a list of English words that are probably of modern Scandinavian origin. This list excludes words borrowed directly from Old Norse; for those, see list of English words of Old Norse origin.
English words of Scandinavian origin
[edit]English words of Danish origin
[edit]- aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds"[1]
- fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland"[2]
- flense, "to strip of blubber or skin"[3]
- Ombudsman, “Ombudsmand”
- Window, “vindue”
- scrike, "shriek"[4]
- torsk, "codfish"[5]
- husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish. Source: Kasper
- egg, "æg"
English words of Norwegian origin
[edit]- aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds"[6]
- brisling, "sprat"[7]
- fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes"[8]
- flense, "to strip of blubber or skin"[9]
- floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water"[10]
- gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)"[11]
- klister, "a soft wax used on skis"[12]
- krill, "planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea and especially genus Euphausia) that constitute the principal food of baleen whales"[13]
- lemming, "any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents (such as genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx) of circumpolar distribution that are notable for population fluctuations and recurrent mass migrations"[14]
- lefse, "a large thin potato pancake served buttered and folded"[15]
- lutefisk, "dried codfish that has been soaked in a water and lye solution before cooking"[16]
- murk, "gloom, darkness; c. 1300, myrke, from Old Norse myrkr 'darkness,' from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo, Danish mǿrk 'darkness',"[17]
- murky, "dark, obscure, gloomy; mid-14c., from murk + -y,"[18]
- scrike, "shriek"[19]
- ski, "one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow"[20]
- slalom, "skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)"[21]
- telemark, "a turn in skiing in which the outside ski is advanced considerably ahead of the other ski and then turned inward at a steadily widening angle until the turn is complete"[22]
- torsk, "codfish"[23]
See also
[edit]- List of English words of Old Norse origin
- Lists of English words by country or language of origin
- List of English words of Swedish origin
References
[edit]- ^ "Definition of AQUAVIT". 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Definition of FJELD".
- ^ "Definition of FLENSE".
- ^ "Definition of SCRIKE".
- ^ "Definition of TORSK".
- ^ "Definition of AQUAVIT". 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Definition of BRISLING".
- ^ "Definition of FJORD". January 2024.
- ^ "Definition of FLENSE".
- ^ "Definition of FLOE". 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Definition of GRAVLAX".
- ^ "Definition of KLISTER".
- ^ "Definition of KRILL". 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Definition of LEMMING". 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Definition of LEFSE".
- ^ "Definition of LUTEFISK".
- ^ </ "Murk | Etymology of murk by etymonline".
- ^ "Murky/ | Search Online Etymology Dictionary".
- ^ "Definition of SCRIKE".
- ^ "Definition of SKI". 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Definition of SLALOM". 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Definition of TELEMARK". 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Definition of TORSK".