SC - Re. brewing trivia
Mark Schuldenfrei
schuldy at abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU
Thu Aug 28 07:06:57 PDT 1997
Just thought I'd add my bit to the brewing trivia. According to my
lecturer in Gothic German (yes, I did study it) the word ale comes
from aluir, which means to hallucinate.
The Merriam Webster online dictionary give the etymology as:
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ealu; akin to Old Norse
ol ale, Lithuanian alus
The Microsoft Bookshelf says:
[Middle English, from Old English ealu, alu.]
My local online webster is broken right now.
Tibor
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