Re: R: Re: RV: Old English
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 29, 2000, 15:52 |
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:11:10 -0500, John Cowan <jcowan@...>
wrote:
>> _Skein_,
>
>"Skein" is from French "escaigne", though that might be ultimately
>of Norse origin:
- Sorry for this; the spelling resembles Icelandic so much! ;)
>I don't find any Latin root SCAGN-, but perhaps
>I have not unwound the sound changes correctly?
<-gne> can originate from -gna, -nia, -nea, -mnia, etc., and even
from -ndia (in _vergogne_, IIRC); or from /-nja/, /-nnja/ in a Germanic
loan.
<Esca-> is Norman rather than Central French, unless < esqua- < Germ.
/swa-/; is there any French word like échagne / écheigne / échaigne
with similar meaning?
Basilius