Re # 928 - Rosa in Holland

[Michael Schartau]

Even though the word is old (used in Sweden since before 1520), I think the
modern use of it in English comes from the modern word used in Scandinavia
(not only Norway) today. Otherwise the spelling in English would have been
different (my oppinion) as the spelling in Scandinavia has changed during
the years.

/Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr. <sigvald4 at yahoo.no>
To: <anders_sivebaek at nns.dk>
Cc: DCML <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: Re # 928 - Rosa in Holland


> <anders_sivebaek at nns.dk> skrev:
>
> >So Dan, you wont have to call the ombudsman
> >(which is a loan word from swedish or danish btw)
>
> No, no, no!!! It definately comes from the NORWEGIAN
> word "ombudsmann". It was probably loaned into English
> from the Norwegian vikings in Ireland, Scotland, the
> Hebrides, Shetland or Man. This is stuff I learned
> during my early university studies in the late 1980's.
>
> It means a representative btw., like "Barneombudet" =
> "The children's representative".
>
> Best regards from
> Sigvald :-)
>
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