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timo
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 Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: Origin of Nordic countries names? |
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I'm working on a Nordic conlang at the moment, but i stumbled on a problem when i was thinking of what to call the concountry where it will be.
I wasn't sure where the Nordic countries got their names from, so i thought i'd ask here.
I mean their names in their own languages, |
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Aszev
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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This is all on wikipedia y'know...
Assuming that by Nordic you mean Scandinavian:
Norge/Noreg < Norđrvegr = northern way
Sverige < Svéariki = Empire/kingdom of the Swedes (Suiones)
Danmark < dan- probably refers to the people, and -mark means 'woodland' or 'borderland'
Fřroyar = Sheep islands
Ísland = Iceland/Land of ice
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rickardspaghetti
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder what Sweden would be called if it got its name from Götaland instead of Svealand.
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timo
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Aszev wrote: | This is all on wikipedia y'know...
Assuming that by Nordic you mean Scandinavian:
Norge/Noreg < Norđrvegr = northern way
Sverige < Svéariki = Empire/kingdom of the Swedes (Suiones)
Danmark < dan- probably refers to the people, and -mark means 'woodland' or 'borderland'
Fřroyar = Sheep islands
Ísland = Iceland/Land of ice |
Really this was on wikipedia? I looked there and googled it, i guess i must just suck at looking things up.
Thank you very much xD |
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Aszev
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| Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| rickardspaghetti wrote: | | I wonder what Sweden would be called if it got its name from Götaland instead of Svealand. |
In Old Norse it'd be Gautaríki, which would be Götarike by regular sound change. Then you of course get other variables, such as whether to use the irregular k>g change, whether to do some syncoping, etc.
I can't give a straight answer, but some possible forms could be Götarike, Götarige(Götarge), Götrike/Götrige. Who knows? :)
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rickardspaghetti
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Ooh! That sounds like an awesome name! 
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Hunef
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Aszev wrote: | | rickardspaghetti wrote: | | I wonder what Sweden would be called if it got its name from Götaland instead of Svealand. |
In Old Norse it'd be Gautaríki, which would be Götarike by regular sound change. Then you of course get other variables, such as whether to use the irregular k>g change, whether to do some syncoping, etc.
I can't give a straight answer, but some possible forms could be Götarike, Götarige(Götarge), Götrike/Götrige. Who knows?  |
I'm sure it'd be Gödrige /jörje/.
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