Balticada

The Baltic-sounding Byzantine Greek vegetable ἀγγούριον [angoúrion]: ogórek, огурец, agurkas, agurk, Gurke, gurka, gurķi, kurk, kurkku - the cucumber. Why is this word even here? #BalticLanguages 017

Bable, babbla, болтать, paplać, plapre, pļāpāt, plepėti, plappern, å pladre - what a babble (or blabbering) the old English left behind. #Balticlanguages 016

Another group of #Baltic Latin cognates: kocioł, котел, katls, katilas, katilla, kettle, kittel, kedel, der Kessel. #BalticLanguages 015

United in diversity.. and gold: gul, gelb, geltona, keltainen, dzeltens, желтый, żółty, kollane & yellow. #BalticLanguages 014

Thanks to #HELSUS, Finland's Media Research Foundation & #SustainableJournalism Partnership for a great panel - looking forward to joining for the course sustainablejournalism.net

Russians use both стул for chair and стол for table. All others are divided between #Rzeczpospolita 'n words for table: stalas, stołek - and all others meaning chairs: stool, der Stuhl, tool, tuoli. #Balticlanguages 013

Access to information in the Baltics: RSF asks the authorities to address a weak spot of press freedom The freedom of information suffers from significant shortcomings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania despite their high ranking in the World Press Freedom Index. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has partn...

A note on 2023 study by @balticada.bsky.social & Reporters Without Borders - asking 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 authorities to address a weak spot of #pressfreedom. rsf.org/en/access-in...

Blooming Baltic Sea An annual summertime bloom of cyanobacteria flourished in such numbers as to be visible from space.

Cover image: Blooming #BalticSea by ancient #cyanobacteria Nodularia. Thanks to Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86449...
.

In some #BalticSea languages one word for cap: czapka, cepure, kepurė, keps, Kappe turned into two - шапка & кепка. #Balticlanguages 012

Who could have though that such a casual word as the beard or bārda, barzda, борода, broda, parta, Bart (and bart - a mustache in Norwegian) can have so many variations? #Balticlanguages 011

Rūgiai, rugta, rug, rudzi, rukis, ruis, rye, rag, ржаной: crops connecting people around the #BalticSea. #Balticlanguages 010

Many bernas, berns, barnet, barn, bairn - meanings: a child, a boy, a lad, a laborer - are they all coming from one source?
#Balticlanguages 009

Knocking on eight doors around the Baltic sea: tür, durys, durvim, dør, door, dörr, drzwi, dveri. Or more?
#Balticlanguages 008

Essen, jeść, есть, ėsti, ēst, eat, ete, aterioida, äta, æde - is #Estonian the only langauge that lacks a word alike around the #BalticSea? #BalticLanguages 007

Is old east #Slavic пудъ (16.38 kg) the only word close to the #Baltic - pottur, potte, potti, der Pott, pot, pods & puodas? #Balticlanguages 006

Vilkas, Vilks, Wilk, Волк, Wolf, Ulv versus Hunt & Susi - #canislupus inspired names and surnames around the #BalticSea. #BalticLanguages 005

Vėtra, vējš, wiatr, ветер ≠ väder, vær, vejr, weather ≠ Gewitter. Do you know any more examples of #Polysemy sailing around the #BalticSea? #BalticLanguages 004

Soul, själ, sjæl, sjel, die Seele, siela & sielu vs. slavic forse: сила & siła. Do these words share same #indoeuropean roots? #BalticLanguages 003

Vital resource & regional identity source: woda, вода, ūdens, vanduo, vand, vann, vatten, water, das Wasser, vesi & vee. #BalticLanguages 002

Берёза, beržas, bȩ̃rzs, brzoza, björk, bjerk, birch & die Birke - an important tree & surname all around the #BalticSea. #BalticLanguages 001