I didn’t realize I’ve been saying “hand shoes” all my life. Finnish word hanskat obviously comes from Swedish handskar. Maybe I should say käsineet instead so it would have nothing to do with shoes.
I love how they jam words together to make new words. As I understand it, German is easier to learn because the bigger words are made of smaller words glued together instead of creating new words with no clues. I got this from a book on the history of the English language, which I will again promote because it was so fun to read:
Handskar, I stand with the Germans on this one
I didn’t realize I’ve been saying “hand shoes” all my life. Finnish word hanskat obviously comes from Swedish handskar. Maybe I should say käsineet instead so it would have nothing to do with shoes.
I know it’s not likely, but I REALLY like the idea of “handcar”
It’s not exactly handcar, but “vehicle” in german is “drivething” (Fahrzeug).
You know, I know just enough German to have wondered how -zeug fit into things and now I know and I’m pretty happy about drive and fly things 😂
Are you also happy about play things (toys), fire things (lighters), hit things (drums), work things (tools) and green things (greenery)?
I love how they jam words together to make new words. As I understand it, German is easier to learn because the bigger words are made of smaller words glued together instead of creating new words with no clues. I got this from a book on the history of the English language, which I will again promote because it was so fun to read:
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language
Plane is Fly Thing (Flugzeug)
What’s so special about it? https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/old-railway-handcar-railroad-mokra-gora-serbia-old-railway-handcar-186122041.jpg
See I’d much prefer one woth pedals, like a bike.
I don’t think it would be very practical. It’s so heavy you have to use your entire body weight to get it going.
Okay well yes when you point out the obvious and valid English word handcar I see how this is a dumb comment haha
Har undrat vad “skar” betyder i ordet. Hand är ju självklart men inte hittat något om vad skar menar eller brukade mena.
“av ord motsvarande HAND och SKO”
https://svenska.se/tre/?sok=handske&pz=1