No, you are almost certainly mistaken about any overt borrowing from German Obstgarten to produce English orchard.
You are struggling too hard to look for an added -r-, when in fact, it was already present in Latin (h)ort-(us) right from the get-go. There were also cognate Gothic words star...
In the jewellery trade it is known as lemel or lemels. An alteration of earlier limall, limmell, from Middle English lemaille, limail, from Middle French limaille, from Old French, from limer to file, from Latin limare.
Though in all the years of living with my father, a Silversmith, I never he...
@tchrist You should be in a dudgeon about the lack of attribution for the etymology.
If the hat phenomenon was calculated to bring in a lot of shit questions, I think it's working.
@RegDwigнt let me refer you to the definitive Comparative Religion For Dummies: "The holiday is part of Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopalian liturgies, among others."
I'm trying to think up a SWR that's not too easy (what's a word for a long distance communication device) and not too hard (What do you call it when a bird lands on your shoulder and sings a song in your ear on a Tuesday)
No, you are almost certainly mistaken about any overt borrowing from German Obstgarten to produce English orchard.
You are struggling too hard to look for an added -r-, when in fact, it was already present in Latin (h)ort-(us) right from the get-go. There were also cognate Gothic words star...
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