To take the word blanket and  add floor to it creating gulvtæppe  makes so much more logical sense then to make up a whole new word.  I homeschool my children and by far the most difficult time was in teaching them how to read. There are so many exceptions, basically so many words you simply have to memorize because they follow no reasoning.

I've been fascinated by the concept of words ever since my husband pointed out just a couple of simple things to me. The word spell. Why would they use a word that means incantation for stringing letters together to make words. Or really, letters are symbols, so stringing symbols together. We spell or are spelling words.  That struck me. Also, a television term- programming. Stay tuned for your regular programming.  Thought of in a certain way that's rather creepy :)