Re: R: Re: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 9, 2001, 23:35 |
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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".
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