Le Sanglais
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bi1 at soas.ac.uk
Mon Nov 10 11:57:04 UTC 2003
Also orange from Persian Narenj and Adder from nadder, by which
name, meaning I believe twisting, there is still a river in England
Bruce
On 4 Nov 2003 at 12:18, Alan Hartley wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:18:09 -0600
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From: Alan Hartley <ahartley at d.umn.edu>
To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: Le Sanglais
> Koontz John E wrote:
>
> > The usual view today is that it is ultimately from French les anglais.
> > The le- of les is lost, but the s from it, attached to anglais by liaison,
> > is retained, yielding 's anglais, or sangle, as it were.
>
> As with (Fr.) les Otoes >> les Sotoes >> (Eng.) Zotoes
> (and Eng. a napron >> an apron).
>
>
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