Re: Fish - PIE - Linguistic Help Please

From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy_at_mips.inka.de)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:11:35 +0000 (UTC)

Douglas G. Kilday <fufluns@chorus.net> wrote:

> German, of course, has both <Ross> cognate with <horse> and <Pferd>
> from Late Latin <paraveredus> 'auxiliary post-horse', itself a
> Gaulish loanword with a Greek prefix.

German further has <Gaul>, which is derogatory in the standard
language but neutral in some dialects, and whose origin beyond MHG
<gul> remains unclear. 

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Republican Party - Friend to Minorities Everywhere
    ... She wasnt using the word in a derogatory fashion...she ... Using the same language in reference ... to blacks to get away with the N word. ... standard remains as clear. ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Republican Party - Friend to Minorities Everywhere
    ... She wasnt using the word in a derogatory fashion...she ... There is a double standard. ... Using the same language in reference ... safe to use incendiary language, don't use it, and don't ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Republican Party - Friend to Minorities Everywhere
    ... She wasnt using the word in a derogatory fashion...she ... Using the same language in reference ... standard remains as clear. ... When would an intelligent person EVER use incendiary language? ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Republican Party - Friend to Minorities Everywhere
    ... She wasnt using the word in a derogatory fashion....she ... Using the same language in reference ... to blacks to get away with the N word. ... standard remains as clear. ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Is C99 the final C? (some suggestions)
    ... > that someone will try compile their stuff on an old compiler. ... > because the ANSI standard obsoleted them, and everyone picked up the ANSI ... fixed by using another language. ... >>are multiplying two expressions of the widest type supported by your ...
    (comp.lang.c)