Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers
The History of English Podcast
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The Origin of the Word Hoose Bondy in Old English
The vikings brought that word with them to the dane law. In its sense as a dweller or possessor, it came to refer to a peasant who owned his own land or home. The same into european word also produced an english word used to describe the process of constructing a dwelling. So be, build and neighbor are all cognate english words.
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