#TIL that the German words installieren and einstellen are actually doublets. The French word installer (> installieren) actually comes from Medieval Latin īnstallāre where the second part comes from Frankish, a Germanic language, and is cognate w/ EN stall, DE/NL stellen. #Etymology #Germanistik #GermanicLanguages
Would anyone be interested in tribulations on germanic (including said "Scandinavian") languages with anecdotes on their history and some facts? It would include link to articles and resources
#etymology #history #facts #linguistics
#languages #language #langue
#languagelearning #germanic
#germaniclanguages #scandinavia
#scandinavian #scandinavianlanguages #nordic #netherlands #dutch #germany #german #frisian #WestFrisian #icelandic #iceland #norway #norwagian #danemark #danish
#blog
My sister, who speaks English but no germanic languages, didn't understood a thing. It was quite a fun experience. I'm sad dialects and patois are getting extinct because I just love the diversity. I think that if I were to live in Alsace one day (I'm considering it) I would learn it, even though people from there would find it weird #Patois #dialect #linguistics #language #france #french #alsace #alsacien #languages #endangeredlanguages #germaniclanguages #alemannic #alemannisch
The present tense of 'to drink' in the #Northfrisian dialect spoken on the island of #Föhr in Northern #Germany (#Frisistik, #Frisian, #Germaniclanguages).