Re: /S/ in old and middle High German; was: Vikings

caeruleancentaur wrote:

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>>'skiff' couldn't be a cognate of 'ship' - if it is, it shows a
>>High-German sound shift.  Which did not occur in Scandanavia.
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>*skipam - Germanic noun of obscure origin.
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>1. Old English "scip," ship > ship.
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>2. MIddle Dutch "schip," ship > schipperke, skipper.
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>3. Lombardic "*skif," ship > skiff.
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>4. Old French "esquiper," to put to sea > equip.
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Okay, so it is cognate.  But not Scandanavian.