Few days ago I had a revelation. The Finnish word for "month" in "kuukausi". "Kuukausi" is composed of two separate words put together: "kuu" and "kausi". "Kuu" means "Moon", and "kausi" means "cycle" (as in time-period or something, not bicycle). So "kuukausi" means literally in English "A cycle of the Moon".
Related to this, I realised that the Finnish word for "Earth" is "Maailma". "Maailma" is composed of two separate words: "maa" and "ilma". "Maa" means "ground" or "land, while "ilma" means "air". So "Maailma" is "ground-air" (or "land-air") in English.
Who came up with this stuff? It's brilliant!
Off-topic, but... I have been sick the last few days. And although I'm back at work today, I'm still not 100% OK. But I'm getting better. I know that I should be sending some email, and I will do that ASAP.
I think we were doing a unit on Vikings in Ancient History where we considered the oddity of having Thursday (Thor's Day) and Friday (Freya's Day). On a different note, I think it is strange that in most Latin-based languages Sunday is 'Day of our Lord' (e.g. 'Domenica' in Italian) whereas English speakers worship the sun (and the moon on Monday). Heathens? Us?
ReplyDeleteI did know about Thor's Day, but I never really thought about Sunday before, even though it was right in front of ym face...
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