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I had the same thought. I think it's more Slavic vs Germanic/Romantic. "sv", without a vowel, doesn't exist in any word I can think of. However, in Russian, con
by xxpor 5y ago
I had the same thought. I think it's more Slavic vs Germanic/Romantic. "sv", without a vowel, doesn't exist in any word I can think of. However, in Russian, consonant clusters like that are pretty common. See also, from the article, Sberbank. I'd bet there's plenty of examples in reverse too.
- zem 5y agosvelte is probably the most common english one
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- xxpor 5y agoAh that's a good one!
- personalityson 5y agos: with, together vid: videt' = to see, vid as in video anie: just a suffix like "ing" in english "till together-seeing"