Andreas Johansson skrev:
> Quoting Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...>:
>
>> An old word for
>> Lithuanian (or is it Latvian?) in English is "Lettish".
>
> Latvian. But I have always assumed "Latvian" and "Lettish" are from the same
> root; anybody know? Of course, "Lithuania" is also suspiciously similar ...
>
> Andreas
Look under _Lithuania_ at <http://tinyurl.com/2qoery>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_etymologies#L>
/BP 8^)>
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