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

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 24, 2004, 19:01
caeruleancentaur wrote:

>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. > >
Okay, so it is cognate. But not Scandanavian.