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

Roger Mills wrote:

>Henrik Theiling wrote:
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>>  - In Modern Dutch, it is
>>      /s/  in |duits| /d8Yts/ 'German' and
>>      /sx/ in |schip| /sxIp/  'ship'
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>I've always assumed that Engl. "skipper" was < Du. "schipper" '~ship's
>owner, captain'; while "ship" is the native development, and "skiff" must
>then be a Scand. borrowing.
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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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