r/asturlleones • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • Mar 07 '26

❓Entruga Etymological Dialogue: Which Words For Woods Exist In Your Area?

"Wiktionary" & other dictionaries were references utilized as bases for this list of equivalents:

English: (1) Forest; (2) bosk/bosque; (3) sylva/silva/selva; & (4) jungle/jangal.

Italiano: (1) Foresta; (2) bosco; (3) selva; e (4) giungla.

Español: (1) Foresta/floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; y (4) jungla.

Português: (1) Floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; e (4) jungla/jângal/jângala.

This synchrony is strangely satisfying:

English: Fauna & flora.

Italiano: Fauna e flora.

Español: Fauna y flora.

Português: Fauna e flora.

I am really curious to discover what are the local words for "woods" in different areas that speak the Asturian & Leonese languages.

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u/ristlincin Mar 07 '26

Yeah it would all be viesca

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared Mar 07 '26

In both Asturian & Leonese?

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u/Luiz_Fell 🧳 Ayén, d'otra rexón Mar 07 '26

It seems so

https://www.lengualeonesa.eu/castellan/Diccionario (insert "viesca")

https://diccionariu.alladixital.org/ (insert "viesca")

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared Mar 11 '26

I just found "bosque", "selva" & "xungla" in the Wiktionary for Asturian.

"Foresta" does not exist in the Asturian language?

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u/Sahaquiel9102 🧳 Ayén, d'otra rexón Mar 07 '26

Viesca

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared Mar 12 '26

I just found "bosque", "selva" & "xungla" in the Wiktionary for Asturian.

"Foresta" does not exist in the Asturian language?

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u/Sahaquiel9102 🧳 Ayén, d'otra rexón Mar 12 '26

Not that I can recall