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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4412689, member: 72790"]Although a dictionary would reveal that about 60% of words in an English language dictionary derive from a classical language our most common words are from a West Germanic source. Don't believe that? Take a look at Grimm's Law (the same guys as the fairy tale tellers). Once you learn that law, and some basic modern German, you can figure out the meaning of many, many German words you may have never seen before. Let me give you an example. The German word, Dieb. In Grimm's law initial D in German becomes TH in English whereas a final or internal B becomes a V or F in English. Apply the law and what is a Dieb? Someone who steals a lot and notice that in the plural the F becomes a V. Look up Grimm's law and you will see how closely modern English and German are related and come from an ancient common source.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4412689, member: 72790"]Although a dictionary would reveal that about 60% of words in an English language dictionary derive from a classical language our most common words are from a West Germanic source. Don't believe that? Take a look at Grimm's Law (the same guys as the fairy tale tellers). Once you learn that law, and some basic modern German, you can figure out the meaning of many, many German words you may have never seen before. Let me give you an example. The German word, Dieb. In Grimm's law initial D in German becomes TH in English whereas a final or internal B becomes a V or F in English. Apply the law and what is a Dieb? Someone who steals a lot and notice that in the plural the F becomes a V. Look up Grimm's law and you will see how closely modern English and German are related and come from an ancient common source.[/QUOTE]
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