visser is the word for fisherman in dutch and german, think about it
this whole complex of ambiguity over V, B, F and U in old european languages has led to an extraordinary constellation of links that are extremely clear once you start to notice them
learning portuguese has cracked the egg for me
I guess that's why every German I meet can speak 5 languages
yeah, the interconnection between european languages takes a lot of time to absorb but once you start to get it CLICK so many things become really obvious, and not just being able to comprehend the foreign script (and it's easiest to see in script) but the semantics
