Scots and ither leids
The soondbuird ablo gies a wheen Scots wirds that’s símilar in ither Germanic leids, sic as Norse (Norwegian), English and Swades (Swedish).
🔊 Chap on the buttons tae hear the wirds spoken .
Soondbuird
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
advocate advokat advokat advocaat barrister Rechtsanwalt
aipple eple äpple appel apple Apfel
bairn barn barn kind child Kind
big bygge bygga bouwen build bauen
braw bra bra braaf goed good brav gut
breeks bukse byxor broek trousers Hose
broun coo brun ku brun ko bruine koe brown cow braune Kuh
brur bror bror broer brother Bruder
byke bikube bikupa bijenkorf hive Bienenstock
chist kist kiste kista Kist chest Kiste
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
cloot klut trasa doek cloth Tuch
coff kjøpe köpa kopen buy Kaufen
doo due duva duif pigeon dove Taube
efter etter efter na after nach
flit flytte huset flytta verhuizing move house umziehen
fou full full dronken drunk betrunken
get a len låne låna lenen borrow leihen
gie gi ge geven give geben
greet gråte gråta huilen cry weinen
gress girse gress gräs gras grass Gras
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
hae ha ha hebben have haben
hoast hoste hosta hoesten cough Husten
hoose hus hus huis house Haus
ilka hver varje elk each jeder
ingang entrance inngang ingång Ingang entrance Eingang
keek kikke titt kijken look glance Blick
kirk kirke kyrka kerk church Kirche
langsome langsom laÌŠngsam langzaam slow langsam
learn lære lära leren teach lehren
licht lys ljus licht light Licht
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
mair mer Mer meer more Mehr
mind minnes minns herinneren recall erinnern
mirk mørke mörker duisternis darkness Dunkelheit
moose mus mus muis mouse Maus
neb nebb näbb neb beak Schnabel
neist nixt neste Nästa naast next nächste
nieve neve knytnäve vuist fist Faust
oot ut ut uit out aus out
owerset translate oversette Översätt overzetten translate Übersetzen
quine wumman kvinne kvinna vrouw woman Frau
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
redd up Rydd opp städa upp opruimen tidy up Aufräumen
reek røyk rök rook smoke rauchen
sangster sanger sångare zanger singer Sänger
siccar sikre säkra zeker secure sichern
smaa små små (pl. ) klein small klein
speir spørre fråga vragen inquire anfragen
trew believe tro tro geloven believe glauben
tuim tømme tömma leeg empty leer
wabsteid wabsite nettsted hemsida website website Webseite
warm varm värma warm warm warm
Scots
Norse
Swades
Dutch
English
German
watter vann vatten water water Wasser
weel kent Velkjente välkänt Welbekend well known sehr bekannt
what for Hvorfor Varför Waarom why Warum
wir vår vår onze our unser
Yuil Christmas Jul Jul Kerstmis Christmas Weihnachten
Last updatit: 19 Januar 2020
References etc.
Ony mistaks abuin is the faut o the editor.
Dempster, M. Dr (2014), ‘Scots-Norwegian cognates’ . Dounlaidit 13 October 2017
Aitken, A. J. Dr ([1954], 2015) ‘Sources of the vocabulary of Older Scots’ , in †A. J. Aitken, eid. Dr Caroline Macafee, Collected Writings on the Scots Language
Douglas, S. Dr (1994 [original version]), ‘The Scots Language and Its European Roots’ , Centre for the Scots Leid (dounlaidit 1 October 2017)
Wikitongues (2017): Lena speaking Danish . Watcht October 2017
Scots Scriever Hamish MacDonald’s tweet o 22 August 2017
Scottish Language Dictionaries, ‘What is Scots?’ . Dounlaidit 20 November 2017
Google Translate Repones frae fowk on the Scotland subreddit
Norse, Swades, Dutch and German audio dounlaidit frae Google Translate . Scottish English audio is the ‘Fiona’ vyce that comes wi Apple’s macOS operatin system. Scots vyce airtists: Antonia Uri and Joanne Andrews .
