#frisian

[yvanspijk]

Wool & lana

The word lana (wool) in languages such as Spanish is etymologically related to English wool. For words to be related, they don't have to look like each other. Instead, you have to be able to trace them back to the same ancestor through regular sound changes - and that's what linguists managed to do with wool and lana. The infographic shows the Germanic and Romance family trees of these words.

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[merovingian-marvels]

Cabochon finger ring

This stunning finger ring is decorated with dark glass paste, rather than a semi-precious stone. The simplicity of the ring indicates that it is Carolingian rather than Merovingian. The Carolingians embraced Catholicism on a much broader scale with the top-down process of baptism/religious conversion having reached the middle and even some of the lower classes.

This results in more minimalistic dress. Jewelry becomes very minimal and brooches that were included into ones appearance were once again reduced to their functional level. A finger ring like this does not proof that the wearer was in fact no longer pagan, but it does show that the wearer followed the fashion of the (Catholic) elite. Wearing finger rings also indicates that the wearer performed little to no physical labour as it risks damaging the jewel and it is also a means to show your wellbeing to the world.

The metropolitan museum of art, New York City - United States of America

Museum nr. 17.192.217

Found in Northern France (7th century)

[pinkelotjeart]

Finally hoping on the trend, Frisian Miku, or as titled by my brother ‘Meike’

Ignore the safety hazard that is her wearing ice skates while on a horse.

[ratsarecute4]

My favourite thing about (most) Germanic languages:

Norwegian: due (pigeon), drue (grape)

Danish: due (pigeon), drue (grape)

Swedish: duva (pigeon), druva (grape)

Dutch: duif (pigeon), druif (grape)

Afrikaans: duif (pigeon), druif (grape)

Frisian: duif (pigeon), druif (grape)

German: Taube (pigeon), Traube (grape)

A few notable outliers: English, Scots, Icelandic

[dontworrymum-differentiscool]

Pretty snow

[woelfin-sheeps-clothing]

Last night I learned Frollo’s horse is called Snowball and ended up drawing him instead of Nøkk for the next installment in the Disney horse drawing challenge. Instagram reel here , Youtube here

[tinyuglyworld]

Traditional Frisian dress, mid 19th century

Source

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Friesen-Fohlen by Hendrik Schulz Via Flickr: -- facebook --