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Re: OT: passport languages

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, August 29, 2003, 11:34
Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:

> En réponse à Andreas Johansson : > > > >_Leger_ looks like Sw _läger_ "camp", which like the English word can refer > >figuratively to a faction or side in a conflict. I'm guess this is also > true > >for the Dutch word, hence the tentative translation "coalition". > > "Leger" in Dutch means simply "army".
OK. Do you know if it's related? The German is _Lager_. Andreas

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>