Re: CHAT: coincidence
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 22, 2006, 7:23 |
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Hallo!
On Fri, 19 May 2006 17:44:43 +1000, Yahya Abdal-Aziz wrote:
> Question: In coining vocabulary for your conlangs, do you
> A) avoid using word-forms you know from other languages;
> B) deliberately reuse such word-forms; or
> C) let the chips fall where they may?
Somewhere between B) and C) with Old Albic. Many words are based on Germanic
words with unknown etymology because I fancy Albic to be related to the
unknown language that was spoken in northern central Europe before the
speakers of Germanic arrived on the scene. (It is estimated that about
a quarter of the Germanic core vocabulary comes from such a source.)
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