Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Wheel, in my words + wheels

hworl : wheel

The Illunse word for wheel is hworl. Similar whorl means a pattern of concentric circles; a number of leaves or flowers about the same stem; a turn in a spiral shell.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for wheel which is hwéol (also hweohl and hweogul) (wheel; circle), and the Latin word for wheel which is rota (a wheel; a car, a chariot).

hworla : wheels

The Illunse word for wheels is hworla. In Old Swedish verb hworla means to whirl.

Wheels in Latin is rotae. Wheels in Old English is hwéol (same as the singular).

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Boat, in my words + boats

bant : boat

The Illunse word for boat is bant. Bant is a last name. Bant means tape, band in Turkish. Bant is the name of a city in the Netherlands.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for boat bát (boat, ship, vessel) and the Latin word for boat linter (boat, skiff, small light boat; trough, vat).

bantas : boats

The Illunse word for boats is bantas. Bantas is an unusual last name. Bantas means slimmed in Swedish.

Boats in Latin is lintris. Boats in Old English is bátas.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Ship, in my words + ships

nasc : ship

The Illunse word for ship is nasc. In Irish nasc means link, bind, connect. (Note: I'll have another word for boat)

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for ship scip and the Latin word for ship navis.

nascu : ships

The Illunse word for ships is nascu. Nascu is a rare last name.

Ships in Latin is navis (same as the singular). Ships in Old English is scipu.

This is a new word.