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S=EAr=EAciya Kurdistan=EE <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> writes:
>   The Kurdish verb "levandin" means "to move"
>                     ^^^
>   Ez dilevim // I move
>=20=20
>   In French the verb "se laver" means "to wash"; you "move" your hands ag=
ainst
>                          ^^^                     eachother (rub) them to =
wash

False etymology.  You could, however, compare Kurdish "levandin" with
French "lever" (to lift, to rise).

(BTW, there is an archaic English verb "to lave" which can describe a
variety of actions, including washing or bathing, which involve the
movement of water)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org