[Corpora-List] foreign words in German

John F. Sowa sowa at bestweb.net
Tue Sep 27 13:52:59 UTC 2011


For borrowings from English, a question comes up about the date
of the borrowing.  The T in 'Boot' indicates a borrowing from
a northern dialect -- probably from the Anglo-Saxons who used
boats to go to England.

John

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