Re: German »Raute« (was: U+25CA LOZENGE)

2012-08-14 Thread Steven Atreju
Hi all, Philippe Verdy verd...@wanadoo.fr wrote: |2012/8/13 Otto Stolz otto.st...@uni-konstanz.de: | Hello, | | am 2012-08-13 20:48, schrieb Leif Halvard Silli: | | The word 'Raute' reminds of the Norwegian 'rute' - and my Norwegian | book on etymology assumes that 'rute' is derived from

German »Raute« (was: U+25CA LOZENGE)

2012-08-13 Thread Otto Stolz
Hello, am 2012-08-13 20:48, schrieb Leif Halvard Silli: The word 'Raute' reminds of the Norwegian 'rute' - and my Norwegian book on etymology assumes that 'rute' is derived from 'Raute'. The Norwegian 'rute' may refer to a cell in a (data) table or in a square board for chess. Such a 'rute' is

Re: German »Raute« (was: U+25CA LOZENGE)

2012-08-13 Thread Leif Halvard Silli
Otto Stolz, Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:14:17 +0200: am 2012-08-13 20:48, schrieb Leif Halvard Silli: Norwegian 'rute' may refer to a cell in a (data) table or in a square board for chess. Such a 'rute' is of course a square. Perhaps German 'Raute' has a similar possibility of being interpreted as

Re: German »Raute« (was: U+25CA LOZENGE)

2012-08-13 Thread Markus Scherer
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Otto Stolz otto.st...@uni-konstanz.dewrote: In German, »Raute« is a synonym of »Rhombus«, i. e. an equilateral quadrilateral. Hence, every »Raute« is a »Quadrat« (square), but not vice versa. The other way around, right? Every »Quadrat« (square, has right

Re: German »Raute« (was: U+25CA LOZENGE)

2012-08-13 Thread Philippe Verdy
2012/8/13 Otto Stolz otto.st...@uni-konstanz.de: Hello, am 2012-08-13 20:48, schrieb Leif Halvard Silli: The word 'Raute' reminds of the Norwegian 'rute' - and my Norwegian book on etymology assumes that 'rute' is derived from 'Raute'. The Norwegian 'rute' may refer to a cell in a (data)