[gothic-l] Re: Caseus and Vinum

[Francisc Czobor]

"Vinum" and "caseus" are not of Germanic origin, but viceversa: they 
were borrowed into Germanic from Latin:
vinum > Goth. wein, Germ. Wein, Eng. wine etc.
caseus > Germ. Käse (dialectal: Kaas), Eng. cheese etc.

Francisc


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "andres_gr2001" <andres_gr2001 at y...> 
wrote:
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>    Hi, I've a question , Are the Latin words "vinum and "caseus" of 
> germanic origin or viceversa?
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> I checked several English and spanish dictionaries and sites like 
> www.rae.es www.diccionarios.com www.dictionary.com only to be 
> informed that /caseus and vinum/ was latin in origin.
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> Spanish , a Romance language
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> http://www.iespana.es/latine/latine.index.html  
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> Greetings





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