Re: OT: Etymology (was: RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5)

2004-05-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The Danes ruled most of England for many years, back in the days of Canute and his progeny. Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You may very well be wrong. Danish - as well as English - is a Germanic language. In fact there's a lot of English words, that are originally Danish (old no

Re: OT: Etymology (was: RE: 50/1.4 and 135/2.5)

2004-05-14 Thread Bob W
Hi, Friday, May 14, 2004, 4:28:16 PM, Gianfranco wrote: > Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You may very well be wrong. >> Danish - as well as English - is a Germanic language. In fact > there's a lot >> of English words, that are originally Danish (old nordic), > brought to >> England by