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Two of my favourite languages have something you could call ghost consonants.
In Italian and Brabantian, consonants that were lost long ago still have an effect in the modern language.
Learn all about these fascinating ghost consonants in my new short video:
The word ‘harbour’ shares its origin with French ‘auberge’ and German ‘Herberge’, which both mean “hostel”.
They all come from West Germanic *haribergu, meaning “military camp”.
This was a compound of *hari (“army”) and *bergu (“shelter”). Other related English words are ‘harbinger’, ‘to harry’ and the name ‘Harold’.
Click my new infographic to learn more: