Same Roots with Sweden and Turkey
How weird is that two countries, Sweden and Turkey, which are two far in distance to each other have such common words in their languages. Futhark alphabet (predecessor of Runic Alphabet) is known to have the same origin with the ancient Turkish (the current Turkish has been intermixed with Persian language a lot in the recent history). If you want to compare the ancient Turkish with the Futhark language you can check the Gokturk Alphabet.
Odin, the Viking God, was brought to light as the "Turkish Ancestor of Swedish People" by Prof. Sven Lagerbring in his book (you can reach this book from Royal Swedish Library: Bref till Cancellie Rådet och Riddaren, Herr Joh. Ihre om Svenska och Turkiska Språkens likhet, 1764, Lund University). Here what he concluded, given with his words: "Our ancestors are Turks who are comrades of Oden. We have got enough evidence on this subject. There are people who want to fool you into thinking they are Goths. I don't care whether it will be discrediting for me or not. Oden and his comrades were Turks."
Let's check the common words in Swedish and Turkish, also given in English (the success of UK, the successor of Greek, that both brother countries do not know their history, shame of Sweden and Turkey).
English | Turkish | Swedish |
Ancestor | Ata | Ätt |
Wolf | Böri | Varg |
Bosom | Bağır | Bog |
Indepted | Borçlu | Borgen |
Horoscope | Burç | Burg |
Lake | Göl | Göl |
Bury | Göm | Göm |
Shelter | Siper | Spär |
Situation | Hal | Hälsa |
Name (means Khan) |
Hakan | Håkan |
Turkish Ruler | Kaan | Konung (kung) |
Hello | Hey | Hej |
Bye | Hayda | Hejdå |
Container | Kap | Kop |
Cat | Kedi | Katt |
Pantry | Kiler | Källare |
Village | Köy | Koja |
Oil-lamp | Kandil | Kyndil |
Sense | Mana | Mena |
Fame | Nam | Namn |
Cheery | Şen | Shön |
Water | Su | Sjö |
Hill | Tepe | Top |
Father | Peder | Fader |
Goose | Kaz | Gås |
Tower | Kule | Külle |
Ball | Gülle | Kula |
Soldierliness | Erlik | Ärlig |
Source: Herr Joh. Ihre om Svenska och Turkiska Språkens likhet
Further Reading: http://www.s155239215.onlinehome.us/turkic/30_Writing/PrimitiveFutharkRu.htm
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Comments
I would have two suggestions to improve to content.
1. Turkey and Sweden are not too far away. A flight between Istanbul and Stockholm takes only 3h15m. A road trip from Stockholm to Madrid takes 32 hours and a trip from Stockholm to Istanbul takes 37 hours.
2. There are loanwords from Persian in Turkish, yes. However, they constitute slightly more than 1% of Turkish vocabulary. As a comparison, slightly more than 5% of Turkish vocabulary comes from French. So, Persian influence is only as much as the quarter of French influence. Not a heavy one I would say...
Thanks