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Spread of four words for 'camel' across the Old World (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderwort

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[–] SnootBoop@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how they manage to shoehorn Old Norde into the map but ignored Russian and Polish.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

At least for my eyes, верблюд and wielbłąd seem to have a different origin than the ones depicted.

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Iceland we say both Kameldýr which is similar to the rest of Europe, and Úlfaldi which seems more in line with the Indo-Iranian branch.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kameldýr

Camel + animal? I wonder, does the element "kamel" resembles any other, non-animal words? (I studied Icelandic a bit as a teen, but it's been a long time since then.)

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 0 points 1 year ago

Not any word I know about. Chameleons are named Kamelljón (Camel + lion) but that's just because it sounds like the English word. As far as I know, "kamel" is just loaned directly from other languages.