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Re: R: Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, April 9, 2001, 23:35
Mangiat wrote:
> Hey, just a question: is the word 'law' from Latin 'lex' via French 'loi' > (sp?), or is there a Germanic root I'm missing?
It's from Old Norse *lagu, the plural of lag "laying, good order" (i.e., "that which is 'laid down'"), derived ultimate from Proto-Germanic *lag- "put", also the source of English "lay". -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42