пеньга
Russenorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk penge or its dialectal forms like Norwegian Nynorsk penga and Norwegian Nynorsk peng. Contaminated by Russian деньги (denʹgi) (also because the sound [ŋ] is absent in Russian)
Noun
пеньга (penʹga)
References
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
- М. Пришвин (1908) За волшебнымъ колобкомъ : По Крайнему Сѣверу Россiи и Норвегiи, reedition 1982 on the Russian Wikisource.Wikisource ru