Dunno if they're related, but the Persian word you use that's the "full" version of the shah sounds quite a lot like Kshatriya, the warrior / ruler caste of Hindu society. Interesting...
Another D => T is the Greek origin of "dendritic" a tree-like drainage pattern of a river or a rose tree, rhododendron.
Didn't you quote "cook chop?" IN Nigerian English, "chop" [in the new OED] is "to eat" leading to funny stories about foreigners who tell their Nigerian cook to "chop the meat." :)
Thanks John for this wonderful excursion.
The “hard” construct also relates to how German speakers (and likely others) describe musical sounds.
“Major” = “dur”
“minor” = “moll”
I think this relates to dropping the third note of the scale by a half step, thus rendering it junior (in English) or softer (in German).
Steve L
John,
I wondered why you didn't make this comparison when you mentioned about "hale and hardy."
дерево ---> здоровый
hard ---> hardy
As to “cook a chop”- I wonder if “chop” meaning “skills “ is implicated? As in- when you’re on the road you have to learn to beef up your skills?
Dunno if they're related, but the Persian word you use that's the "full" version of the shah sounds quite a lot like Kshatriya, the warrior / ruler caste of Hindu society. Interesting...
Another D => T is the Greek origin of "dendritic" a tree-like drainage pattern of a river or a rose tree, rhododendron.
Didn't you quote "cook chop?" IN Nigerian English, "chop" [in the new OED] is "to eat" leading to funny stories about foreigners who tell their Nigerian cook to "chop the meat." :)