Re: CHAT: Frisian

Joe scripsit:

> Is it just me, or does it seem that frisian is mor Dutch-esque...
It certainly is nowadays.  But you can see the Ingvaeonic vowel shift
in Frisian "brea", English "bread" vs. Dutch "brood", German "Brot"
(OE used "hlaf" here, ModE "loaf", but "bread" was also available):
the vowel broke into a diphthong.  Likewise in Frisian "kweade"
vs. Dutch "kwade", though here English uses a different root "yfel"/"evil".

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