Q: "lanechtskipt"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Sun Nov 10 19:47:35 UTC 2013


WAG from left field: Norwegian
(1) Looks Germanic.
(2) skip-et means 'the ship' in Norwegian.
(3) <the ship ...> sc. of the desert = camel.
(4) lanecht (?)
(5) Did the Vikings have camels? :)  (This is definitely more plausible
than Haitians.)

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