I think an etymologist would have been rather confused about your questions!
I saw on a David Attenborough thing about dung beetles and star navigation a few years back, mind blowing!
We have what we call swallows hirondo rustica.
The similar species are called house martins Delichon urbicum.
Swallows nest inside buildings, martins under the eaves outside.
I've noticed that tree names in Dutch often resemble English. Oak =Eik. Birch=berk ash= Es
In French chêne, bouleau and frêne.
I know Dutch Isn't Danish but they're sort of Germanic aren't they?
Just checked "brud" on a translation site no animals mentioned, Hermelyn or something for stoat, and vaessel or something for weasel. Looks like the English word for weasel comes from Northern Europe.
Hermelyn =ermine
Not to be confused with a stoat, which becomes an ermine in winter, in northern climes at least. Very similar but the weasel is much smaller without the black tip to its tail.
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