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Adam Walker scripsit: > So is "hide" an old Englis/Germanic measure? If so > what is the eqivilant measure in some Romance lang. > I've never come across this unit before. The AHD Indo-European Roots Index says: # I. Basic form *kei-. 1. Suffixed form *kei-wo-. a. hind3, # from Old English hwan, members of a household, from Germanic # *hwa-; b. hide[3], from Old English hi:gid, hi:d, a measure of land (< # "household"), from suffixed Germanic form *hwid. 2. Suffixed form # *kei-wi-. city, civic, civil, from Latin ci:vis, citizen (< "member of # a household"). 3. Suffixed form *kei-liyo-. ceilidh, from Old Irish # céle, companion. So there is no exact equivalent. You could concoct something based on civis. -- John Cowan jcowan@hidden.email www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!" --Gandalf