| ▲ | vonnik 3 days ago | |||||||
The interesting thing about “Algvandringen” is that you can hear “Elk wandering” in it, showing the evolutionary similarities of two Germanic languages. | ||||||||
| ▲ | kzrdude 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Älg and Elk are really quite similar words. Ä and E are very close in swedish. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | tokai 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Elk meant moose until English speakers came to north America and started calling wapitis for elk. A lot of animals in areas that was colonized are named like that. | ||||||||