Talk:List of English words of Swedish origin

message: What is the source for 'bradgard?'  I can't find the word in the OED or American Heritage.--Hraefen 22:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: bradgard

message: I've removed the reference to the dialectic use of "braw" (phon.) meaning "good" or "nice" in Scottish English. This almost certainly comes directly from Scots Gaelic, where it might have originally come from Old Norse, as many words in Scots and Irish do. The point, however, is that it does not come from Swedish. -- EmmetCaulfield 08:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's possible that "bairn" and "hey" are also uncertain... 惑乱 分からん 17:39, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to "Bra" 

message: angstrom is listed, and anders celsius was swedish... --85.228.200.149 (talk) 08:33, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A lot of countries use "centigrade" as the word for °C instead of "Celcius". This might be why it is not listed. But as you said, if ångström is listed, Celsius should be as well.85.225.177.156 (talk) 15:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  celsius? 

message: Iceberg comes from Dutch ijsberg, and here's the source for that claim: 
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=iceberg&searchmode=none
I'll remove the part about iceberg coming from Swedish. You could put it back, but then a source for it being of Swedish origin would be nice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.200.230 (talk) 00:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iceberg? 

message: Is it certain trap comes from Swedish and not Dutch or similar? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 14:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Trap basalt

message: Gravlax seems to be a mix between the Norwegian/Danish and Sweedish spellings of gravad lax/gravlaks. It's also possible that the spelling of the Norwegian/Danish word is made more English by using x instead of ks. The reference says nothing on the subject, it links to a recipe. The wikipedia site on gravlax claims it's a Scandinavian dish, there's nothing particularly Swedish about it...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.110.240.64 (talk) 19:39, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, that needs a reliable source to show if Gravlax is a swedish dish. --OpenFuture (talk) 05:05, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Gravlax

message: Both Ombudsman and Orienteering are words that are not only Swedish, but also Norwegian (and probably Danish). Orienteering as sport started up in Sweden so it may still have a rightful place on this list. Ombudsman however doesn't.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.110.240.64 (talk) 19:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ombudsman are not only Swedish and Norwegian but also English. The point here is that the word is of Swedish *origin*. --OpenFuture (talk) 05:04, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Ombudsman and Orienteering

message: Shouldn't the none inflected word "lek" be used in stead of "leka"? Because that's the term it derives from.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.181.23.69 (talk) 20:21, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lek 

message: Wrighting an article of for instance "surströmming", "lutfisk" or "lekotek" doesn't make the word a part of the English language. Only words that are commonly understood (in any English speaking nation) can be listed as "English". And the word "window" doesn't exist in Swedish. Swedish has instead imported "fönster" from German "Fenster". "window" comes from Danish-Norwegian/old Norse "vindue"/"(h)vindøje" - wind eye (latter part is a reply to the top section of this talk page)Boeing720 (talk) 02:27, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Words must be commonly understood