Old Norse and English: peafowl/peacock

Old Norse and English similarities in vocabulary. #norse #oldnorse #peacock

[JLeach]

I'm subscribing. I love ALL things Norse/Old Norse.

[Drspoe]

My last name “Poe” comes from old Norse “Pa” which is short for Peacock.

[missblondevaughn]

Peacock only refers to the males the females are peahens and the whole species is peafowl.. so it's the same!