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> > In Old High German, there were two major types of "men": "wo-men" and
> > "wer-men". "Wo-men" were female and "wer-men" male. The "wer" in
> > "wer-man" is cognate with the Latin "vir", which also means "man" (in
> > our current sense of "adult male human").
>
> I've hea
On Monday 14 May 2001 00:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Kai MacTane wrote:
> > In Old High German, there were two major types of "men": "wo-men" and
> > "wer-men". "Wo-men" were female and "wer-men" male. The "wer" in
> > "wer-man" is cognate with the Latin "vir", which also means "man" (in
> > ou
Kai MacTane wrote:
> In Old High German, there were two major types of "men": "wo-men" and
> "wer-men". "Wo-men" were female and "wer-men" male. The "wer" in
> "wer-man" is cognate with the Latin "vir", which also means "man" (in
> our current sense of "adult male human").
I've heard also of
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Kai MacTane wrote:
>
> In Old High German, there were two major types of "men": "wo-men" and
> "wer-men". "Wo-men" were female and "wer-men" male. The "wer" in "wer-man"
> is cognate with the Latin "vir", which also means "man" (in our current
> sense of "adult male hum
