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i just learned the etymology of snufkins name sooo ima infodump about it

SleepinqZzz 12/10/2022 02:40 pm 280

tobacco references //

so his name in the swedish version is snusmurmiken. this is a portmanteau.

snus, aka snuff, is inhaled tobacco.

murmik is a term for a usually homeless, eccentric bloke.

snufkin is a pretty reasonable translation for this-

IT MAKES SENSE HES A PIPE SMOKING GAY CRIMINAL OMG I LOVE MOOMIN AGSGDHGSYGD

dump some moomin stuff if you want 4.gif


edit: i will say— PIPO?!?!?!? WILSON?!?!?? HOW FROM WHAT I- 513b39527b090_scared.gif

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Dec 11, 2022 11:16 pm

@SleepinqZzz: yeah, I did too but it just doesnt fit, I think Tove intended them as makes more than anything - godforbid

Dec 11, 2022 1:28 pm

@Lord_Cookie: i’ve always thought of moominmama/moominpapa as a title more than an actual name honestly happy same with snorkmaiden but it this theory gets inconsistent since snork is just snork

Dec 11, 2022 5:43 am

@Lord_Cookie: oh and this is probably easy to guess but the reason why moominmamma and moominpappas names are so long as we dont really have a mum or dad word (i guess mor and far but thats usually for describing relatives, like mormor, grandma on mums side) other than mamma and pappa n some people actually get confused by that, i did when learning as i was wondering why full grown adults were saying stuff like mamma - godforbid

Dec 11, 2022 3:04 am

@SleepinqZzz: yup, swedish is a funny language, its a bit difficult w i think the moomin books being written originally in finnish (myth busted: finnish is the furthest scandinavian language from the rest as its closer to russian i believe) so some pun names translate weirdly but: hemulen is also something in swedish:

hemul comes from old swedish hemold meaning "proper, rightful" and the -en suffix means "the proper/rightful" if it was en hemul it would mean "a proper/rightful" however it wouldnt conjugate that way as its an adj - godforbid

Dec 11, 2022 12:50 am

@Lord_Cookie: “my good friend tobacco “ crying

Dec 11, 2022 12:49 am

@CodyMakesKandi: they’re literally so awesome i want them so so bad

Dec 11, 2022 12:21 am

I'm swedish and everytime I hear people nickname snufkin "snuff" I laugh really hard esp cause my friend likes saying "my good friend snuff" n I just jeidksusuf cuz they dont KNOW - godforbid

Dec 10, 2022 6:18 pm

ok not really stuff to do with names but u know the moomin socks they sell on the official moomin website? i really like them but shipping is like 17 dollars for them cause its from overseas crying

one day i will acquire them, one day...

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