LL-L: "Romance connections" LOWLANDS-L, 05.NOV.1999 (06) [E]

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From: john feather <johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Romance connexion

Ron

You asked:
>>I wonder if Low Saxon _Schamel_~ _Schämel_ ~ _Schemel_ and German
_Schemel_ 'footstool' are related to this, and if so, what is their origin?
<<

Duden has MHG "schemel", OHG "scamil", OE "scamol" from LL. "scamillus",
"scamellum", "small bench" (L. "scamnum" = "bench", as you said). Original
meaning in German "footstool".

I think you may have already answered the question "Why b -> m?"

May I sneak in a Latin-derived word I heard in the supermarket today?
"Reducer" - a person whose job it is to mark down prices of time-expired
goods.

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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