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Comment by DonaldFisk

"Loch" in Scots isn't cognate with German "Loch" meaning hole, it's from Scottish Gaelic "loch" meaning lake, and cognate with Latin "lacus", English "lake", and German "Lache". Scottish Gaelic is a close relative of Irish and sounds quite similar to it.

Edit: "reek" in Scots means "smoke" and is probably cognate with German "rauchen".

parent DonaldFisk 8 years ago

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