The word sky is derived from the Old Norse word for cloud. Does this means that when Vikings arrived in Britain it was cloudy all the time? This would make sense, since it is cloudy a lot of the anyway.
Old Norse is an historic language that was spoken, across a vast swathe of Europe, between the 9th and 14th centuries. Certainly the Vikings took their language with them as they travelled to parts of modern-day Russia, Turkey, France and Spain, Britain, Ireland, and even America.
Since Vikings conquered a fair bit of territory in the British Isles, there are many traces of Old Norse in Modern English. Certainly many place names, especially in Yorkshire, attest to a Viking past.
Old Norse evolved into the many North Germanic languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese and Icelandic). A quick search reveals that the Danish word for 'cloud' is indeed still 'sky'.
Old Norse is an historic language that was spoken, across a vast swathe of Europe, between the 9th and 14th centuries. Certainly the Vikings took their language with them as they travelled to parts of modern-day Russia, Turkey, France and Spain, Britain, Ireland, and even America.
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| The Vikings probably looked a lot nicer than this. |
Since Vikings conquered a fair bit of territory in the British Isles, there are many traces of Old Norse in Modern English. Certainly many place names, especially in Yorkshire, attest to a Viking past.
Old Norse evolved into the many North Germanic languages (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese and Icelandic). A quick search reveals that the Danish word for 'cloud' is indeed still 'sky'.
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