Some Norway Words found in the Greenland Language.Though the
Greenland Language has no Affinity with other
European Tongues, yet it seems to have borrowed some Words from the
Norwegians, who formerly inhabited Part of the Land; for such Words agree both in Name and Signification; as, for Example,
Kona, a Woman;
Nerriok, to eat, from the
Norway Word
Noerrie. The Herb
Angelica, which they in
Norway call
Quaun, the
Greenlanders call
Qvaunnek. A Porpoi
ſe, in
Norway called
Niſe; they call
Niſe A
ſhes, in
Norway,
Aſke, in Greenland,
Arkſet. A Lamp, in the
Norvegian,
Kolle, in the
Greenlandian,
Kollek. Some of their Words re
ſemble
Latin Words of the
ſame Signification; as,
Gutta, a Drop; in the
Greenland Tongue,
Gutte, or
Kutte.
Ignis, Fire, they call
Ignek. And
ſome they have got from
Hebrew Roots, as,
Appa, a Word the Chil-