I saw somewhere that the Nordic word for computer can be translated as number witch, so I thought I’d try to visualize that.

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  • sturlabragason@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It’s the icelandic word Tölva!

    A mix of Tölur (numbers) and Völva (Seeress).

    I guess the rest of you nords dont know how to make up cool new words like us!

    Jeg spiser en sandwich og bruger min computer. 😅

    Vs

    Ég borða samloku og nota tölvuna mína.

    • FrozenCorgi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Aaah! The thought did strike me that maybe it could be Icelandic or Finnish, i know you guys up in Iceland in particular are really dedicated to inventing new native words for absolutely everything, and never using loan words