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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Derivative of Language #168079 05/04/07 08:47 PM Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2 K km7Paul OP stranger OP km7Paul stranger K Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2 It's always fun to see the derivation of words from Latin , French or what ever. > We rarely see any from Greek or Hebrew. As an also to that, what would be the > likely foundation for German ? [b] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Derivative of Language km7Paul #168080 05/04/07 08:49 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass > We rarely see any from Greek or Hebrew. boy, is that ever wrong! (they're just nearly always anglicized.) >As an also to that, what would be the likely foundation for German ? what's this mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Derivative of Language tsuwm #168081 05/04/07 08:58 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh You can start here for English words of Hebrew origin. It's rather incomplete. They don't have shofar, mezzuzah, or teffilin. Shittim is a funny one, too. A word of Semitic origin is wine probably borrowed into one or more Indo-European languages, thought the etymology is not without controversy. With Greek words, there are simply too many to list. A favorite of mine is tmesis. As for the final question, do you mean what languages provide vocabulary to German besides Old and Middle High German? There are lots of French words (e.g., a bunch of verbs that end in -ieren a sort of redundant infinitival ending, e.g., probieren 'to test, assay'), some Italian (e.g., Brutto 'gross; before taxes', Netto 'net; after taxes', Razzia 'police raid'), and even some Latin (e.g., schreiben 'to write'). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,318 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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