Re: [tied] Re: Celtic/Germanic

From: Marc Verhaegen
Message: 8481
Date: 2001-08-13

>>After all, English has considerable Latin influence: more than
>>German, but less than Dutch?
>
>Yes, but via French, not from archaic Brittono-Roman speakers. Max Dashu


Sorry, yes, you're right. Thanks for the correction. I meant from Latin
directly, but this is not true apparently: I should have thought of words
like muur-Mauer-wall, venster-Fenster-window, poort-Pfort-gate,
paard-Pferd-horse etc.

Marc