Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> > What is "heleboel"? Can't find it in the online
> > dictionaries.
>
> Originally two words: <een hele boel> 'a great lot',
> stronger than <een boel> 'a lot, lots, heaps'.
>
> Brian
>

It's beginning to seem like fluency in Dutch is a requirement for
membership on this list. Everyone knows it well! (Seemingly, of course.)

Andrew