Re: /S/ in old and middle High German; was: Vikings
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 24, 2004, 18:48 |
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Joe wrote:
>'skiff' couldn't be a cognate of 'ship' - if it is, it shows a
>High-German sound shift. Which did not occur in Scandanavia.
*skipam - Germanic noun of obscure origin.
1. Old English "scip," ship > ship.
2. MIddle Dutch "schip," ship > schipperke, skipper.
3. Lombardic "*skif," ship > skiff.
4. Old French "esquiper," to put to sea > equip.
Charlie
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