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Øystein H. Brekke ᚯᛦᛌᛐᛅᛁᚿ ᚼ ᛒ

@strutsulf @Tabularius We have 'beskyttelse', probably via Low German, but I never considered there might be a connection to 'skygge'!

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Felix

@oysteib @Tabularius In Swedish, there's the old-fashioned "skygd" and the perfectly current "skydd" (meaning 'protection'). I would have thought they were related, but apparently not. According to SAOB (the Swedish Academy Historical Dictionary, the Swedish equivalent of OED), "skydd" is a loan from Low German (just like "beskyttelse"), while "skygd" is a Norse word. Language is continually strange.

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