Gregory's ServerScientific terminology: "Space", as in space-time continuum, in various languages.
As you will no doubt notice, the Germanic languages other than English use the cognate of English "room".
Please fill in the blanks, those who can - particularly for Sami?
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@oysteib Correction: Finnish ”avaruus” equals Swedish ”rymd”, as where the stars and planets are. Swedish ”rum” synonym with ”utrymme” equals Finnish ”tila”. And fun fact: Finnish ”ruuma” means a ’cargo space’ i.e. Swedish ”fraktutrymme”. |
@oysteib In North Frisian it's 'rüm'; Rumantsch has 'spazi'. In Scottish Gaelic it can be 'fànas' ('space' or 'void'; 'spaceship' is 'long-fhànais' or "ship of space"). 'Fànas' is a loanword from Latin 'vānus'.