Triage
In both Norwegian and English, triage is a loanword from French, in which it comes from the verb trier, meaning to separate, select, or sort. Learn more …
Category: Language
Tar truth revealed by Viking Age finds
M. Michael Brady talks about the origins of the word tar, with its origins going back to the Viking Age.
Sisters syr smittevernutstyr
Syerskene i Sisters in Business could not be stopped by the coronavirus. With layoffs looming, they switche their production to produce protective masks for health care workers.
Norsk 101: Language practice with Christie Ericson
In this edition of Norsk 101, Christie Ericson takes readers to Oslo’s Fram Museum, where visitors can see Fridtjof Nansen’s Arctic ship, Fram.
Skiing, an English word of Norwegian heritage
In this edition of words about words, M. Michael Brady discusses the very common Norwegian word, ski, which originates in the word for a cleft of wood.
Norsk 101: Lussekatter
In this edition of Norsk 101, Christie Ericson helps language-learners discuss lussekatter, the warm buns seasoned with saffron and eaten on St. Lucia Day.
Intro to “Kebabnorsk”
The delicious-sounding ethnolect that’s catching on quickly in multiethnic Oslo M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Kebab, from the Arabic kabāb (also the word in Persian and Urdu), also spelled cabob in English, is the...
Trump turmoil triggers tracing to Nynorsk
Stories about the Norwegian roots of the word trump have recently gone mildly viral. Here’s what our correspondent found M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The genealogy of the surname of the 45th President is...
