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Re: Icelandic dinosaur names

To: david.marjanovic@gmx.at
Subject: Re: Icelandic dinosaur names
From: Andreas Johansson <andreasj@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:24:05 +0200
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:57 PM, David Marjanovic
<david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
> In Chinese, too, every genus and species name is translated/recreated.
>
>>  Seildır (Chordata)
>
> Like TMK, I'm sure that dır means "animals".

I can confirm it does. Cf also Danish _dyr_ and Swedish _djur_.

The Swedish for chordates is a bit of a mouthful: _ryggsträngsdjur_,
lit "dorsal cord animals". Vertebrates is the helpfully(?) similar
_ryggradsdjur_ "dorsal row [=vertebral column] animals".

-- 
Andreas Johansson

Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

References:
- RE: Icelandic dinosaur names
  - From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>
- Re: Icelandic dinosaur names
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>

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