Re: How are syllable boundaries determined

["Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31 Dec 2006 05:44:16 -0800, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1167572656.912338.270270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

[...]

> My _original_ question, however, which no German-speaker
> has addressed, was whether "Boot" is the ordinary German
> word for 'boat'.

Possibly because none felt it necessary to do so.  It pretty
clearly is.

To return to the North Sea connection mentioned earlier,
<http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Boot> says that the German
word is from ME by way of MLG, and the Grimms at least
confirm that it's a late arrival, suggesting an English or
Dutch source.

Brian