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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: A.Word.A.Day for Mar. 7, 2007 Venus #166610 03/07/2007 10:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York It's due to the phenomenon called consonant shift (I won't go into The Great Vowel Movement right now... ). One of our experts should be along shortly to elaborate. Meanwhile, you could start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm's_law Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A.Word.A.Day for Mar. 7, 2007 Venus 03/07/2007 10:28 PM Re: A.Word.A.Day for Mar. 7, 2007 AnnaStrophic 03/07/2007 10:39 PM Re: A.Word.A.Day for Mar. 7, 2007 zmjezhd 03/08/2007 1:31 AM Re: A.Word.A.Day for Mar. 7, 2007 Zed 03/09/2007 12:40 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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