29-02-2004 04:55,
jpisc98357@... wrote:
> *How about the English word morass which probably has a root somewhere?
<morass> is ultimately the same word as <marsh>. Both reflect PGmc.
*mariska- < *morisko-, a derivative of *mori-. OE mer(i)sc and Mod.E
marsh are its straight-line descendants, whereas <morass> is a loan from
Old French mareis, which itself is a loan from Germanic. A loan
returned, in this case.
Piotr