Words from Norwegian
3 words in Curio passed through Norwegian on their way into English.
About Norwegian
North Germanic (West Scandinavian) language of the Indo-European family · spoken today
Where
Norway, where it is an official language alongside Sámi
When
Dates unknown
Speakers
5.2M
as of 2015
Speakers, Wikidata figure for 2015
Family path
- Old Norse
- Norwegian
- Middle English
- English
Where it came from
Norwegian descends from Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Bokmål grew out of the Dano-Norwegian language that replaced Middle Norwegian as the elite language after the union of Denmark-Norway in the 16th and 17th centuries, while Nynorsk was built from a collective of spoken Norwegian dialects.
Source: Wikipedia
Family
Norwegian grew out of Old Norse.