Languages Magazine
You say church, I say kerk. You say pineapple, I say ananas. You say cucumber, I say komkommer. U.S. playwright Rita Mae Brown said: 'Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.'
That quote comes to mind looking at these fascinating European etymology maps of various commons words posted by reddit user sp07, which provide a kind of cultural commentary on Europe.