Bra

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Bra

September 29, 2025, 03:14:48 PM

Nordic words for "bra"

Re: Bra

Reply #1 – October 31, 2025, 07:46:47 PM

That was funny. Vests are the best you've gotten today.... (quoting the lady in the video)

Re: Bra

Reply #2 – November 14, 2025, 01:05:53 AM

Funny !

Icelandic - "Brjöstahaldari" - is the closest now active language to Ancient Nordic.
... and noone, except Icelanders, understand them.

And then Finnish - Rintalliivit - which is a language all on its own.
Stemming from the Finnish-Ugrian language branch it is not related to any of the Indo-European languages.

Kyllä varmasti !

- John -

Re: Bra

Reply #3 – November 14, 2025, 12:22:57 PM

Yes, Finnish is really something

but I like their numbers, they sound so funny
yksi, kaksi, kolme

With the Islandic, in written form, it's not so difficult to understand it, same as Norwegian for me.
Finnish - Norwegian - German
Brjöstahaldari - brystholder - Büstenhalter

Re: Bra

Reply #4 – November 14, 2025, 04:52:39 PM

Quote from: Nena – on November 14, 2025, 12:22:57 PM

yksi, kaksi, kolme

... neljä, visi, kuusi, seitsemän, kahdhexan (kasi), ydhexän (ysi), kymmenen (kympi). 4 to 10.

And now we are quite a long way from "bra"...

- John -

Re: Bra

Reply #5 – November 14, 2025, 05:12:45 PM

Just one more: Police

Norway and Denmark = Politi
Sweden = Polis
Finland = Poliisi
Iceland = Lögreglan

So Icelandic is ... yeah ...

- John -

Re: Bra

Reply #6 – November 14, 2025, 05:22:36 PM

Ok, maybe a bit far fetched, but "Lög" could mean law and reglan maybe ruler/controller, so we get a person who's controlling that all goes by law

*woah* I just checked for lög and it's really law and regla means rule

Oh, I so love to play with words and language.