Icelandic language trivia of the day: a common colloquial term for "dog" in Icelandic, used the same way you would the word "doggie" in English, is "voffi".

Icelandic language trivia of the day: a common colloquial term for "dog" in Icelandic, used the same way you would the word "doggie" in English, is "voffi".

It's derived from the word "voff", basically the Icelandic version of "woof"

So, dogs in Icelandic are often literally called woofers.