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  1. Icelandic 'search' vs 'find': leita does it all — concrete objects, people, abstract goals like meaning or work. But 'find' is fragmented: finna covers most, reka marks surprise finds, uppgötva for discoveries, hitta for meetings. A neat typological case of asymmetry.

    📄 nevmenandr.github.io/portfolio

    #Icelandic #Linguistics #Semantics #Typology #CognitiveScience

  2. While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...

    The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).

    #føroyskt #WordOfTheDay