Re: /nj/ vs. /J/ [was Re: sounds I can't find!!!]
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 16, 2004, 19:51 |
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:02:22PM +0200, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> What's the origin of _geek_, BTW?
According to AHD its etymology is uncertain, but it was most likely
a dialectical alteration of "geck" that wound up replacing the latter term.
The word "geck," which meant "fool", came Middle Low German "gek"; from
the lack of a gloss for the latter I assume it had fundamentally the
same meaning.
-Marcos