Re: Schöffe II

>Sounds like what the Russians do.
>Influence of the former Cyrillic spelling?

Not at all. Only because they aren't accustomed to ö and ü.
(Whether Russians write /ju/ instead of ü and /jo/ instead
of ö, this is known only by those who are in command of
Russian.)

>Interesting. Is <çoban> analyzable in Turkic as root + suffix?

I don't know. And I don't know whether this is a Turkic word
or of another origin (Iranian??). I only know it is pan-Turkic.
(Do post this question on sci.lang; Turkologues there might
know the answer.)

>The short version of what Grimm says, yes. Is that <saphan>
>for real or a typo (I was looking for Å¡/s alternation)?

No, not a typo.

>BTW, here's Turkic for "slave":
>http://tinyurl.com/62b39dx
>Proto-Turkic *Kul, *kȫle and *K(i)aĺ-

In modern Turkish _köle_. Are these Turkic _kul/köl(e)_ akin
to _coolie_ < Hind. _kuli_?

>Hm! Cf
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/66821

What if all these _khlape/khlop_ have something in common
with German _Knappe_ + _Knabe_ (and, therefore, with
Engl. _knave_)?

George