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

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day 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.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day 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.