FTP, identify these words that according to Cecil Adams are due to the dull environment in which inhabitants of the far north dwell.
In 1911 Franz Boas wrote that there were 4 unrelated ones, and in a famous 1940 article, Benjamin Whorf claimed that there were 5.  Due to that article, they became a famous example of how "we dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages."  Reports of their number exaggerated as the story proliferated, and they have often been claimed in print to be as many as 50, or even 200 plus. FTP, identify these words that according to Cecil Adams are due to the dull environment in which inhabitants of the far north dwell.
In 1911 Franz Boas wrote that there were 4 unrelated ones, and in a famous 1940 article, Benjamin Whorf claimed that there were 5.  
eskimo words for snow (accept equivalents for "eskimo"; prompt on partial answer)