Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:27:59 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?S=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030416012759.GE20689@kurdistan.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20030416021108.H57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> References: <XFMail.030415142305.nicole@unixgirl.com> <3E9C6992.90403@potentialtech.com> <XFMail.030415142305.nicole@unixgirl.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20030416010620.0310a270@popserver.sfu.ca> <20030416021108.H57044@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz>
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Hello,
> > You'd better explain that to the OED editors, then. They list "faer" as
> > meaning "a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage" dating back to
> > c1000, and "fara" as meaning "to journey, travel, make one's way" back to
> > 971. ("fair", "faron", "faren", and "farand" are also used in the same
> > meaning over the next few centuries.)
>
> Don't forget ferry. Oder F?hre auf deutsch. Und Fahren. They all have
> the same root.
You're absolutely correct. All of those words are derived from the older
Germanic root word "fer"/"faer".
--$êrêciya Kurdistanî
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| Welat xwe ava nake, dest bidin hevdu, pist nedin tu dijminî |
| Riya azadiyê ne hêsan e, hêviya xwe bernedin, dema me |
| nêzîk e. |
| |
| Hevaltî bi kesên du rû nekin, hevaltî bi hevdu ra bikin |
| Ne ji hevaltiya wan kesên pêxwas û rû dirêj, ne bi wan |
| kesên xwînperest, ne jî ji yên din. |
| |
| -$êrêciya Kurdistanî |
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translation provided on request: sereciya at kurdistan.ath.cx
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