Post by spaceflower on Aug 5, 2016 14:43:21 GMT
The basic words in English, German, Swedish, French and Finnish. You can see that the old basic words are related.
English, German and Swedish are all Germanic languages. French is a Romance language, but both Germanic and Romanian languages belong to the Indo-European family. Not so Finnish, which belongs to the Uralic family.
Mother - Mutter - Mor - Mère - Äiti
Father - Vater - Far - Père - Isä
Brother - Bruder - bror - frère - veli
Sister - Schwester - syster - sœur - sisko
Eat - essen - äta - manger - syödä
Drink - trinken - dricka - boire - juo
Good - gut - god - bon - hyvä
Shit/shite - Scheisse - skit - merde - paska
Life - Leben - liv - vie - elämä
Death - Tod - död - mort - kuolema
Go - gehen - gå - aller - mennä
Red - rot- röd - rouge - puna
White - weiss - vit - blanc - valko
Day - Tag - dag - jour - päivä
Night - Nacht - natt - nuit - yö
Fire - Feuer - eld - feu - palo
The Swedish word seems like the odd one here, but there is an expression "sätta fyr på", meaning "set fire to".
Water - Wasser - vatten - eau - vesi
Sun - Sonne - sol - soleil - aurinko
Moon - Mond - måne - lune - kuu
Man - Mann - man - homme - mies
Woman - Frau - kvinna (cf. queen) - femme - nainen
Hand - Hand - hand - main - käsi
Foot - Fuss - fot - pied - jalkaterä
Wolf - Wolf - varg (earlier ulv) - loup - susi
Varg is a noa name for ulv. To utter the name of the wolf was dangerous; he might come. So they used a noa name, varg, which meant "killer, lawless, strangler". Cf the German verb "würgen" (strangle).
Dog (Old English hound) - Hund - hund - chien - koira
A modern concept like bank means that they are all loanwords and therefore similar:
Bank - Bank - bank - banque - pankki (the sound B is not used in Finnish). "Pankki" always makes me think of "pank" (broke). Like, the bank takes your money and leaves you broke.
English, German and Swedish are all Germanic languages. French is a Romance language, but both Germanic and Romanian languages belong to the Indo-European family. Not so Finnish, which belongs to the Uralic family.
Mother - Mutter - Mor - Mère - Äiti
Father - Vater - Far - Père - Isä
Brother - Bruder - bror - frère - veli
Sister - Schwester - syster - sœur - sisko
Eat - essen - äta - manger - syödä
Drink - trinken - dricka - boire - juo
Good - gut - god - bon - hyvä
Shit/shite - Scheisse - skit - merde - paska
Life - Leben - liv - vie - elämä
Death - Tod - död - mort - kuolema
Go - gehen - gå - aller - mennä
Red - rot- röd - rouge - puna
White - weiss - vit - blanc - valko
Day - Tag - dag - jour - päivä
Night - Nacht - natt - nuit - yö
Fire - Feuer - eld - feu - palo
The Swedish word seems like the odd one here, but there is an expression "sätta fyr på", meaning "set fire to".
Water - Wasser - vatten - eau - vesi
Sun - Sonne - sol - soleil - aurinko
Moon - Mond - måne - lune - kuu
Man - Mann - man - homme - mies
Woman - Frau - kvinna (cf. queen) - femme - nainen
Hand - Hand - hand - main - käsi
Foot - Fuss - fot - pied - jalkaterä
Wolf - Wolf - varg (earlier ulv) - loup - susi
Varg is a noa name for ulv. To utter the name of the wolf was dangerous; he might come. So they used a noa name, varg, which meant "killer, lawless, strangler". Cf the German verb "würgen" (strangle).
Dog (Old English hound) - Hund - hund - chien - koira
A modern concept like bank means that they are all loanwords and therefore similar:
Bank - Bank - bank - banque - pankki (the sound B is not used in Finnish). "Pankki" always makes me think of "pank" (broke). Like, the bank takes your money and leaves you broke.