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Re: The etymology of the German Hell...

Subject: Re: The etymology of the German Hell...
From: "Peter T. Daniels"
Date: 20 Aug 2006 11:01:52 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.lang
Alan wrote:
> "Heidi Graw"   wrote
> >>"izzy"   wrote Consider the (probably borrowed into) Hebrew noun
> >>heh-lamed-heh
> >
> > As in heh-lamed-heh...hehlame-heh...hehlame...hehla...hella..Hella!
> > Hmmm...an interesting thought, Izzy!  ;-)
>
> (and I bet izzy thought he was avoiding confusion by spelling it out)

Just let the three of them talk among themselves ...


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