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Many historians assume the terms beorm and bjarm to derive from the Uralic word perm, which refers to "travelling merchants" and represents the Old Permic culture. [4] Bjarneyjar "Bear islands". Possibly Disko Island off Greenland. [5] blakumen or blökumenn Romanians or Cumans. Blokumannaland may be the lands south of the Lower Danube. Bót
Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife. There are hundreds of such ...
South of W. Railroad St., between Lake and Michigan Aves. 42°38′35″N 95°12′06″W / 42.643056°N 95.201667°W / 42.643056; -95.201667 ( Illinois Central Passenger Depot-Storm Storm Lake
Miami-Illinois via French: Meeskohsinki [107] via Ouisconsin(k) Originally spelled Mescousing by the French, and later corrupted to Ouisconsin. [108] It likely derives from a Miami-Illinois word Meskonsing, meaning 'it lies red' or 'river running through a red place'. [108] [109] It may also come from the Ojibwe term miskwasiniing, 'red-stone ...
Niobrara - The Omaha and Ponca word for spreading water or spreading river. Oconee - Named for Oconee, Illinois. Oconee was the name of a Creek town. Oconto - A Menominee word meaning the "place of the pickerel." Named for Oconto, Wisconsin. Ogallala - named for the Oglala people.
The word may be related to the Old Norse word skrá, meaning "dried skin", in reference to the animal pelts worn by the Inuit. [2] William Thalbitzer (1932: 14) speculated that skræling might have been derived from the Old Norse verb skrækja, meaning "bawl, shout, or yell". [3]
The name 'Kaskaskia' derives from the old Miami-Illinois word for a katydid, phonetically kaaskaaskia. This name later appeared in the modern Peoria and Miami dialects as kaahkaahkia . [ 12 ] This is already seen in Gravier's early-18th century Illinois dictionary, where for the word "caskaskia", he gives "cigale. item nation Ilinoise, les ...
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