Complex sentence: Shetland was part of the Scandinavian world from the late first millennium until 1469, when the islands became transferred to Scotland and as a result most of the place names around the bay and some of its present day culture are of Norse origin.
Split into simpler sentences: Shetland was part of the Scandinavian world from the late first millennium until 1469, when the islands became transferred to Scotland. As a result most of the place names around the bay and some of its present day culture are of Norse origin.