[gothic-l] Re: Name origin and meaning

jdm314 at AOL.COM jdm314 at AOL.COM
Sun Jun 11 07:03:09 UTC 2000


In a message dated 6/9/00 4:53:52 PM, you wrote:

<<The French also seem to abhor borrowings. Of all the languages that I am
somewhat familiar with, it is the only one whose word for 'computer' is not
'computer'.

- James>>

Not that it's relevant, but I can think of another. In Modern Hebrew, the
word is m at khashev (@ = schwa), a "deverbative" noun from the root *k-sh-b
meaning "to think"

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