Re: Babel text in Shfanzhol
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 8, 2004, 5:51 |
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On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 11:31 AM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:
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>> Greek _steikhein ~ Gothic _steigan_ (to walk)
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> Would this be cognate of MHG _steigen_, Sw _stiga_?
Apparently so - and I discover there's a Sanskrit cognate _stignoti_ "to
step up", "to mount" which, of course, is closer to the German meaning.
The Greek is 'to walk' or 'to march'.
Ray
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