[gothic-l] Re: Name origin and meaning

[Joris Van Looveren]

jdm314 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/9/00 4:53:52 PM, you wrote:
> <<The French also seem to abhor borrowings. Of all the languages that I am
> somewhat familiar with, it is the only one whose word for 'computer' is not
> 'computer'.
>
> Not that it's relevant, but I can think of another. In Modern Hebrew, the
> word is m at khashev (@ = schwa), a "deverbative" noun from the root *k-sh-b
> meaning "to think"

Couldn't resist :)

German: Rechner
Swedish: dator

and I guess there are some more (Icelandic). But it is true that the
French Academy always tries furiously to make the public accept a
"native" word.

Joris Van Looveren

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