Re: Iceland
What the Icelanders do can be shown in an example. The Icelandic word for “video game” is tölvuleikur ; it comes from tölvu (the genitive declension of tölva, “computer”) + leikur (“game”). Tölva is a portmanteau word, formed from tala (“number”) + völva (“prophetess”). All of the root words of tölvuleikur came from Old Norse, but those roots can be used in novel ways.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
