LL-L "Etymology" 2002.07.08 (01) [E]

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From: "Mike Aryunov" <miklea at intergam.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Ron Hahn wrote:

> But, for example: Engl.: "liver" and "live", Upper German: "Leben" and
> "Leber"- the difference is just one letter. Only a matter of
> coincidence? I
> don't think so!

This is the case not only with Germanic languages. For example in
Russian:
zhivot - now meaning "belly" had once the meaning "life" (zhizn' -
"life",
zhit' - "to live") and as far as I know still has that meaning in
Polish.

Regards,
Mike Aryunov

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Privet, Mike!

Above you attribute the quote to me, but it was actually Fiete
(Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann) who wrote that.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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