Re: Some new Brithenig words? Narbonosc help?

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> Is the Dutch kaas, English cheese derived from Latin then?
Yes indeed, at least the latter.  It is a borrowing of Old English times,
which accounts for the palatalization /k/ -> /tS/.

> > sabat = OF savate, It ciabatta, Sp zapato (shoe)
>
> Savate still exists in Modern French. It's mainly used in fixed expressions, but
> also to mean simply "shoe", always with some marked meaning though.
Also the name of a martial art, in both French and English, which involves
kicking as well as boxing.

When I was young, I thought this was a Japanese word, parallel to "karate"
(< kara 'empty' + te 'hand', referring to the absence of weapons)!

--
John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
        --Douglas Hofstadter

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