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This list is so ignorant towards the english words, so I shall have to go through the entire thing. Zoo is short for "Zoological Gardens" "Garð" and "Garden" is just an enclosure, I do believe it can be used for a "fence" in ISL. In the other scandi countries it can mean a "farm".

same in german.

Planet means "wanderer". Greek "asteres planetai", wandering star.

That is exactly what men in Ancient Greece did.

From Wikipedia: The Latin word "hippopotamus" is derived from the ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος, hippopótamos, from ἵππος, híppos, "horse", and ποταμός, potamós, "river", meaning "horse of the river".

well. just like in german egain ;)

again :D

well, icelandic ist closer than I thought...

Nice weather to look at through the window? Window weather actually means that the weather looks nice through a window and only through a window (as it might for example be bone chillingly cold outside, but sunny)

"Matchstick", macchestick, wickstick, a twig for lighting a wick.

Brace yourselves for the etymological meaning of Bra.

I'm almost expiring from this experience. Inspiration. In. Spiration. Breath out, breath in. Respirate.

Baka can also refer to a pie. Shield Pie.

Cello is quite the crazy english word. They took the diminutive ending of the italian word and skipped the original word all together. "Viola", violin. "Violone" big violin. "Violoncello" small big violin.

Yes they were positively enthralled and captivated.

Same as in german - what else is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxIi9bob3X4

Lightbulb, light onion

Actually a portmanteau/blend word of the Icelandic words for number/s (tala/tölur) and prophetess (völva), not a compound word like the rest

Well, you icelanders wouldn't know a gnat from a dragonfly. The rest of scandinavia kept this germanic-norse word better than you, for once.

One of the mistranslations, probably quite recent. It has nothing to do with chickens. Chickpea, from latin Cicer, pea. So Peapea. Cicer was also slang for testicle.

Favorite one so far

This made the loudest facepalm. What do you suppose "Caul" in Cauliflower is?

You know, it probably didn't have a hole to start with, hence the "nut" part of the name. But if you wanted a larger deepfried cake it made sense to add the hole for even cooking. This word tastes very recent. Kleinur is very recent, and so is the quality of flour you need.

With the diminutive "ie", this is the exact same word. Cook(ie), cake(small).

to go phone? .... how about "mobile phone"

Used to be the same in old english until 1066 when the normans came, grappling their sword in one hand and gripping their bunches of berries in the other.

Graffiti, scribblings. The term was coined during the excavation of Pompeii, so literally "wall scribbles/drawings"

Mealtimes are a mess in all sorts of languages. "Dinner" even means to break fast.

gögn is not meaning data there.. it´s a much older than that and comes from the word gagn (singular : Husgagn) and derives from something being "of use" So something that is of use within the house would be the translation here.

not really something universal....

To cycle? Was this done on google translate? Hjól means wheel, this is a wheel board. "að hjóla" is the term to cycle, but would never be used as a noun. As Reiðhjól refers to Riding wheel (bycicle)

It used to be just that, before electricity. In english they called it an "icebox". I guess the name stuck.

I never would've guessed that.