Re: Old Dutch words

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

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> it reads : olifant = slan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Piotr Gasiorowski
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:07 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Re: Old Dutch words
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> On 2008-01-15 19:58, fournet.arnaud wrote:
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> > Another word means "elephant" !!
> > It is worse.
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> What is that 'elephant' word?

It's much better. It's Russian slon, probably < Turkic a[r]slan