bermuda@beehaw.org to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agoTIL the original word for "wolf" in Swedish was "ulv." Superstition lead to people adopting the word "varg," which originally meant "stranger." They believed that saying "ulv" would summon a wolfen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkTIL the original word for "wolf" in Swedish was "ulv." Superstition lead to people adopting the word "varg," which originally meant "stranger." They believed that saying "ulv" would summon a wolfen.wikipedia.orgbermuda@beehaw.org to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square4linkfedilink
Finnish bear words