Similarly, many place-names in areas of Danish and Norwegian settlement have Scandinavian roots.

Families with Scandinavian roots favor the white pigs; those from the rest of Europe generally choose pink.

Due to my Scandinavian roots, I have to confess to some slight pride in my forefathers, the Vikings.

Probably from a Scandinavian root, the adjective cliver appeared in Middle English as a reference to quickness with claws.

("Niggardly" has Scandinavian roots, I believe, and is unrelated).

"You've got to be pretty heavy to get into the Scandinavian roots of a word from two centuries ago," Mr. Jackson says.

But the closer the group stayed to Scandinavian roots, the better it sounded.

Throughout its history PLU has remained close to its Scandinavian roots.

There are over 3,000 words in modern English that have Scandinavian roots.

He then adopted the codename "Vyking", as a tribute to his father's Scandinavian roots.