Re[2]: [tied] Re: Identity of the 'language of geminates'

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 61007
Date: 2008-10-19

At 7:56:05 PM on Saturday, October 18, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

[...]

> berm is also English but it's a peripheral mound, much
> higher than a curb; given its specialized meaning I
> suppose its a loanword from Dutch

Via French <berme>, according to AHD3.

Brian