Modern Icelandic
noun
the Icelandic language since c1550.
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DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of Modern Icelandic
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby Modern Icelandic
Modern English, Modern French, modern greats, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Modern Icelandic, modernism, modernist, modernistic, modernity, modernize
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