Re: Bake and bakery: IE BELGON basis

Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Paul J Kriha wrote:
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On 27 Dec 2006 06:49:39 -0800, Dusan Vukotic
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in sci.lang:
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Are the German Wasser and English water closely related?
Yes, you ignorant dolt.
[...]

And so are "vodka" and "voda".

And whiskey.

Oh yes, whiskey from whisky, from whiskybae, from uisge beatha,
water of life... Quite poetic.
Or was it usquebaugh first?

pjk


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