From: Alexandru Moeller
Message: 67451
Date: 2011-05-01
> Danish kalfatre, Dutch kalfatern "caulk" (a boat),seems that the word penetrated everywhere, a city having a name from the
> perhaps from Arabic qalfata
>
> http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_V_Kalaphates
> Vergelijk met het Nederlandse woord kalefaten of kalefateren, dat via
> het Franse 'calfater' afkomstig is uit het Arabische 'qalfata'.
>
> Kalaphates "caulker"
>
> cf.
> http://ina.tamu.edu/library/tropis/volumes/4/Arenson,%20Sarah%20-%20The%20mystery%20of%20the%20oriental%20warship.pdf
>
> Torsten