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Re: [conculture] Names of countries and national languages

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...>
Date:Sunday, September 23, 2007, 14:19
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^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot (Max Weinreich)