Romance Vocabulary in the Germanic Languages

From: egsidf (egsidf@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 07:07:15 EST

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I was wondering if anyone knows of any figures about the Romance
vocabulary percentage in the Germanic languages. In English, 60% of
the vocabulary derives from French and Latin. Does anyone know the
figures for the rest of the Germanic languages?

Clark

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