@AnWulf:

If "Leech" would be brought back into the wordstock to mean "doctor", it should probably be spelled the OE way >> lǣce (lœce) or lȳce (ȳ = ü), cf. Old Saxon lāki, Old High German lāhhi, Gothic lēkeis, Old Norse lǣknir.

The "bloodsucking worm" meaning of lǣce is from before the year 900; The "doctor, physician" meaning is from the mid 11 hundreds.

The medical sense is from " [one who] draws blood, or is skilled at 'bleeding' patients", which was a common medical technique using leeches.

The other less common O.E. word for 'doctor' was lācnystre, which only has been found once in an O.E. glossary, and only one time in a written work.

@jayles: "we cannot make up an adjective from the past participle in English... There are one or two verbs...have a special form for the adjective even though the original verb has no object."

Why can't the rules be changed? ;-)

@jayles: "we cannot make up an adjective from the past participle in English... There are one or two verbs...have a special form for the adjective even though the original verb has no object."

Why can't the rules be changed? ;-)

@jayles:"were native american bison almost wiped out or almost died out??"

Trade with the Europeans nearly wiped out the American Buffalo (Bison). It has been estimated that American Indians were eating only four out of every 100 bison they killed. The rest was sold as buffalo robes, coats, meat, asf. Of course, they almost died out, too.

Also, see >> The Rhine Franconian element in old French by Paul W. Brosman, Jr., pg. 72

Stop, Stuff

"And some grow rich by telling lies, and some by telling money."

If one doesn't understand, think of a 'bank teller' (one who tells (counts) money in a bank). Do votes in Parliament still get told (counted) in Britain?

TELL has two meanings, but TALLY is, to my knowledge, from Latin-French < Latin. Fr. taillé (pp. of tailler) accounts for the 'y' ending in English. I have not come across a Teutonic link as of yet.

@AnWulf: "What is the root of Zahl?"

The root of Zahl > "English etymology: a select glossary serving as an introduction to the Histroy of the English Language" by Friedrich Kluge and Frederick Lutz

Sorry!

experience >> O.E. andwīsnes
information >> O.E. gewissung

Experience >>> O.E. Gewissung