Re: OT: passport languages
From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
Date: | Friday, August 29, 2003, 12:00 |
--- Andreas Johansson skrzypszy:
> > >_Leger_ looks like Sw _läger_ "camp", [...]
> >
> > "Leger" in Dutch means simply "army".
>
> OK. Do you know if it's related? The German is _Lager_.
I presume so. After all, it's not a huge step from "camp" to "army"... BTW
"leger" has also another meaning in Dutch: "lair", or "form" of a hare.
Jan
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