Sunday, March 9, 2014

Snow, in my words

nercha : snow

The Fennas word for snow is nercha. Nercha is a very rare last name. In Malayalam, a language of southern India, nercha means offering. Nercha is the name of a river in eastern Russia.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for snow is eira, the Irish word for snow is sneachta, and the Breton word for snow is erc'h. In addition, the Cornish word for snow is ergh, the Scottish Gaelic word for snow is sneachda, and the Manx word for snow is sniaghtey.

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