Session on October, 26 - History of English
This lecture dealt with the etymology of words and its subtopics like sound change (incl. Grimm's Law, High German Sound Shift, Great Vowel Shift), semantic change, word creation and borrowing/copying words from other languages
Homework
Find further examples and dates of
- borrowing / copying in English and German
Norman French, Latin, Greek, Hindu, Arabic, ... - sound change
- semantic change
Find the etymologies of
- Eng. “husband”
- Ger. “geil”
Find examples of
- Old English / Old High German
Borrowing/Copying in English and German:
see table here: Borrowing_Copying (html, 2 KB)
Etymologies of "husband","geil"
- husband: Old Norse: "husbondi" ("hus"="house" + "bondi"/"buandi" --> "householder") ---> Old English: "husbonda"---> Middle English: "huseband"
- geil: derives from "gaila" (Germanic) or "geiligr"/"gailan" (Nordic) meaning "beautiful"
Examples of OE and Old High German
Old High German: wazzar, finf, zunga
Old English: waeter, fif
uni_blogger - 2006/11/30 13:23
