[gothic-l] Re: Name origin and meaning

[James Jones]

> jdm314 at aol.com wrote:
> > 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'.
> >
> > 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"
>
> Couldn't resist :)
>
> German: Rechner
> Swedish: dator

German is "der Computer", is it not? At least alternately?

- James


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