Re: Albanian spelling

From: Ruud Harmsen <realemailseesite13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:58:21 +0200

10 Oct 2005 09:46:07 +0200: Arndt Jonasson <do-not-use@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
in sci.lang:

>For what it's worth, Swedish has a word corresponding to English "to
>spell": "att stava". (Perhaps Finnish "tavata" stems from it.) The
>Swedish word for syllable is "stavelse".
>
>Apparently it's related to an Old English word "stafian".

Cognte with Frisian stavering = spelling.

>German has "zu buchstabieren", making a verb out of the word for letter.

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