From: Torsten
Message: 68709
Date: 2012-03-02
>You're right
> At 6:09:01 AM on Friday, March 2, 2012, Torsten wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@> wrote:
>
> >> At 5:14:56 AM on Thursday, March 1, 2012,
> >> Bhrihskwobhloukstroy wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>> If crash is of Middle English origin, how do You explain
> >>> the corresponding words in other languages?
>
> >> Outside of Continental Scandinavian, where they also seem
> >> to be late and look like parallel echoic formations, I
> >> see no corresponding words in other languages. In
> >> particular, I do not think that <crash> and <crack> are
> >> related by any regular derivational process.
>
> > Which words in Continental Scandinavian were you thinking
> > of?
>
> S/D/N <kras>; S <krasa>, D/N <krase>; S <krasch>.
>