Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Germanisms

au: Audi, Schopenhauer = cow, Strauss, ablaut, umlaut
ai: Kaiser = bite
ei: Reinhardt, Heinz, leitmotif (This one could be OldEng cf. height, heist, feisty)
Posted by blaoism at 9:39 AM

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