Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site kuling.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!enea!kuling!christer From: christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: names of animal categories Message-ID: <815@kuling.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 14:59:00 EDT Article-I.D.: kuling.815 Posted: Wed Sep 18 14:59:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 07:44:58 EDT References: <791@ihlpa.UUCP> Reply-To: christer@kuling.UUCP (Christer Johansson) Followup-To: net.nlang Organization: (Studying CS at) the University of Uppsala, Sweden Lines: 41 Summary: Word for animals are unrelated in otherwise closely related languages In article <791@ihlpa.UUCP> of Wed, 11-Sep-85 20:42:38 GMT humbert@ihlpa.UUCP (shachter) writes: >I am interesting in knowing the English words for various categories >of animals. >The following chart should explain itself: The table's included below with Swedish tranlsations. As you can see There's only a few words that show any relations to their English counterparts. (This seams to hold for most animals, flowers, trees etc.) I believe this holds for Swedish,German and German,English as well, but am not shore about it. Does anyone on the net know why this is? Have all 'Germanic' languages developed their own words for animals, flowers etc and been unable to influence each other in any higher degree? I'd like too extend the table with other languages, so please mail me your translations and I'll summarize to the net. > Generic Adult Adult Castrated Child Child Child >Single;Plural Male Female Male Generic Male Female >Horse ; Horses Stallion Mare Gelding ??? Colt Filly Ha:st ; Ha:star Hingst Ma:rr Valack Fo:l ??? ??? > ??? ; Cattle Bull Cow Ox Steer Calf ??? ??? Kreatur;Kreatur Tjur Ko Oxe(?) Kalv Tjurkalv Kviga >Swine ; Swine Boar Sow Barrow Pig ??? ??? Svin ; Svin Galt Sugga ??? Kulting ??? ??? Gris ; Grisar >Goat ; Goats ??? ??? ??? Kid ??? ??? Get ; Getter Bock ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? >Sheep ; Sheep Ram Ewe Wether Lamb ??? ??? Fa:r ; Fa:r Bagge Tacka ??? Lamm ??? ??? -- Snail Mail: Christer Johansson Net Mail: {seismo,mcvax}!enea!kuling!christer Sernandersv. 9:136 S-752 63 Uppsala Phone: Int. +46 - 18 46 31 54 SWEDEN Nat. 018 - 46 31 54 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com