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