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Heh, okay, just found a strange little thing about English today. The word sky is strange.
Sky in other European languages:
Slavic
Czech: obloha
Slovak: obloha; nebo
Polish: niebo
Russian: небо; небеса (nyebo; nyebyesa)
Slovenian: nebo
Germanic
Danish: himmel
German: der Himmel
Icelandic: himinn, himinhvelfing
Norwegian: himmel
Swedish: himmel, sky
English: sky
Romance
French: ciel
Italian: cielo
Spanish: cielo
Portuguese (Brazil): céu
Portuguese (Portugal): céu
Romanian: cer
According to this, the only two languages with any words similar to "sky" are English and Swedish. According to the etymology dictionary, the word "sky" in english originally meant "cloud".
Cloud in other European languages:
Slavic
Czech: oblak, mrak
Russian: облако; туча (oblako; tucha)
Slovak: oblak
Slovenian: oblak
Polish: chmura
Germanic
Danish: sky
Icelandic: skÿ
Norwegian: sky
Swedish: moln
Dutch: wolk
German: die Wolke
Romance
French: nuage
Italian: nuvola
Portuguese (Brazil): nuvem
Portuguese (Portugal): nuvem
Spanish: nube
Romanian: nor
Among the North Germanic languages, "sky" is prominent (except swedish). Among the other germanic languages, a variant of "himmel" is found. The word "heaven" in English, is ultimately related to those other germanic "himmel" words.
Another funny thing that can be observed is that the Romantic word for cloud which is a variant of nube (nimbus in Latin), is the word for sky in some of the slavic languages (nebo, niebo). At least in spanish, the word nieve means snow.
Lastly, the words "himmel" and "cielo" (Latin caelum), although hard to see right now, cause I don't want to explain it, if you go back far enough, eventually derive from the same word, which means "covered".
cool huh?
Sky in other European languages:
Slavic
Czech: obloha
Slovak: obloha; nebo
Polish: niebo
Russian: небо; небеса (nyebo; nyebyesa)
Slovenian: nebo
Germanic
Danish: himmel
German: der Himmel
Icelandic: himinn, himinhvelfing
Norwegian: himmel
Swedish: himmel, sky
English: sky
Romance
French: ciel
Italian: cielo
Spanish: cielo
Portuguese (Brazil): céu
Portuguese (Portugal): céu
Romanian: cer
According to this, the only two languages with any words similar to "sky" are English and Swedish. According to the etymology dictionary, the word "sky" in english originally meant "cloud".
Cloud in other European languages:
Slavic
Czech: oblak, mrak
Russian: облако; туча (oblako; tucha)
Slovak: oblak
Slovenian: oblak
Polish: chmura
Germanic
Danish: sky
Icelandic: skÿ
Norwegian: sky
Swedish: moln
Dutch: wolk
German: die Wolke
Romance
French: nuage
Italian: nuvola
Portuguese (Brazil): nuvem
Portuguese (Portugal): nuvem
Spanish: nube
Romanian: nor
Among the North Germanic languages, "sky" is prominent (except swedish). Among the other germanic languages, a variant of "himmel" is found. The word "heaven" in English, is ultimately related to those other germanic "himmel" words.
Another funny thing that can be observed is that the Romantic word for cloud which is a variant of nube (nimbus in Latin), is the word for sky in some of the slavic languages (nebo, niebo). At least in spanish, the word nieve means snow.
Lastly, the words "himmel" and "cielo" (Latin caelum), although hard to see right now, cause I don't want to explain it, if you go back far enough, eventually derive from the same word, which means "covered".
cool huh?