Re: Island
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 14, 2000, 20:57 |
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Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> The early Germanic word was *auia, however.
I've seen that translated, however, as simply "land associated with
water", and said to be distantly related to Latin _aqua_.
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