Lidl chandlery: added extra

[FinesseChris]

You get a free 10-language nautical dictionary if you buy enough kit.
It's good to know that the Finnish for a mooring line is a Kiinnityskoysi.

Or do you think someone in Lidl Haupquartier makes 'em all up?

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[penultimate]

I too found the etymology interesting. I never realised that the word "shackle" was recognisable in four other languages, or that the word "rope" was recognisable in 9 other languages (excepting Finnish and Croatian) albeit as Rope, Line or Cord.

 

[Searush]

That is an indication of the age of the words. Basic, every day stuff will be similar in languages that have evolved from a similar base. In the opposite way, introduced items will carry the name from the introducing culture.
Finnish is a non-european language and may be related to Hungarian. I suspect the Croations are just trying to differentiate themselves from the other Balkan tribes.
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