Re: [conculture] Re: Greetings!

Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
>    Date:         Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:42:52 -0600
>    From: dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...>
>
>    You'll notice if you glance at the OED that most actual borrowings
>    from Danish come *after* the Norman invasion!
>
I can't find the original message in my MESS-age box ;) but
someone said borrowed "skirt" was cognate with English "shirt".
I know that sk- changed to sh- in English like that; does that
mean most English words beginning with sk- are Scandinavian
borrowings?


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