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Same as our French except for the hard to explain Germanic loans (all the ones that English also has are kept) | Same as our French except for the hard to explain Germanic loans (all the ones that English also has are kept) | ||
== Re-etymologized words == | == Re-etymologized words == | ||
* ''souhaiter'' 'to | * ''souhaiter'' 'to wish' comes from ''swaid'' 'to desire', a reflex of h₁su- 'well' + h₂eydʰ- 'to burn' in an IE language with final stop devoicing (Thurish?) | ||