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‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
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Never heard someone saying they were Vikings tbh.
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It’s called the power of branding.
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Much like pirates and gangsters, Vikings are cool if you consider them from an aesthetic as opposed to moralistic perspective. Everyone has evil ancestors, but some of them were cool.
Re: ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
#36Re: ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
#37Re: ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
#38It is linguistically possible that "viking" was simply a self-referential ethnonym, with the first part meaning "home" or "village". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur... Compare Ancient Greek [w]oikos, and all the various ves, vas, wieś, which can be found all over Eastern Europe.
The first part of the word viking, or vik simply means "bay" in nordic languages
Re: ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
#39It's safe to say that 100% of the Northmen who invaded England in 1066 shared that same "job description", however.
By 1066, not quite. That was an invading army led by the King of Norway to press his claim on the throne of England. I’m sure many of the soldiers in that army had been Vikings but at that time they were soldiers of a Christian king, which would have been considered much more legitimate than being a heathen raider.
I guess the Normans were also of Nordic descent but they had given up the Viking way of life a century before.
Re: ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
#40It is linguistically possible that "viking" was simply a self-referential ethnonym, with the first part meaning "home" or "village". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur... Compare Ancient Greek [w]oikos, and all the various ves, vas, wieś, which can be found all over Eastern Europe.
The first part of the word viking, or vik simply means "bay" in nordic languages
The even firster part "vi" means "we" though.