[Ads-l] _Mother's milk_ "German beer"

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Christkindl


The _Kindl_ of Berliner Kindl is the same word as the _-kindl_ of
_Christkindl_, the ultimate source of "Kris Kringle."

Further deponent sayeth not.

I regret that my point was unduly obscure as originally stated.
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-Wilson
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