Re: ,Language' in language name?
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, November 28, 2001, 0:03 |
Padraic Brown wrote:
> Is it related to the word for "language"?
Not the modern word. It is derived from an obsolete word for
"language", tho, altho I can't remember at the moment just what that
word was. The modern word is _uasagga_ derived from _saga_ "to speak"
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