R: R: [romanceconlang] About semantic shifts in Romance langs

From: Mangiat (mangiat@tin.it)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2001 - 23:20:22 EST

Christophe wrote:

> So 'to talk' comes from 'tale'? I didn't suspect it at all! :)

I don't know about tale > talk (I don't think they are directly related). I
only meant that the shift tale -> talk is quite common, AFA I have seen up
to now.

Luca

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