"Upgrading" English

[Alina Israeli]

Here's Vasmer (edited by Trubachev): http://www.classes.ru/all- 
russian/russian-dictionary-Vasmer-term-6802.htm
"Undoubtedly borrowed from Germanic..."

On Aug 8, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Charles Mills wrote:

> I don't have the benefit of my dictionaries at home, but I think  
> Fasmer /
> Vasmer says as much: that the two are cognate, or that one is a  
> borrowing
> from the other.


Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu





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