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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: Thumb Indexed
by William Trumble
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with references to "West Germanic".
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... parsley. Cache noun' var. of AITCH. ache /elk/ verb introns. Also (arch.) ake. [Old English acan, corresp. to forms in West Germanic; possible cognates in other Indo-European langs. are Greek ages sin, guilt, Sanskrit agas. See note below.] Suffer or be the ... "
Key Phrases:
Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Middle High German, West Germanic, Middle English, noun var, origin unkn, ppl stem, verb intrans, noun phr, verb trans
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with references to "West Germanic".
Excerpt - on Page 18: "
... parsley. Cache noun' var. of AITCH. ache /eik/ very intrans. Also (arch.) ake. (Old English acan, corresp. to forms in West Germanic; possible cognates in other Indo-European langs. are Greek ages sin, guilt, Sanskrit dgas. See note below.] Suffer or be the ... "
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Middle Dutch, West Germanic, Daily Telegraph, Middle English, Roman Catholic, New York, New Zealand, American Indian, Old Northern French, Sunday Express, Church of England, South Africa
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Oxford Essential Dictionary of Word Histories
by Oxford University Press
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with references to "West Germanic".
Excerpt - on Page 24: "
... ant (Old English) The dialect word emmet for an ant is, like ant, from Old English --mete, which has a West Germanic origin; another related word is German Amuse The derivative antsy, ... "
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