"Foot of ________"

[ndavies]

I wouldn't say that as "foot" is Germanic and not too many northern Europeans were around Jerusalem 2000 years ago.

Well the English version of the bible is a translation from another language. So it would not have said "foot of Christ", in the Latin, it probably said "Pesi Christ".

Foot is from middle English taken from old English or old german.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot

Origin of FOOT

Middle English fot, from Old English fōt; akin to Old High German fuot foot, Latin ped-, pes, Greek pod-, pous First Known Use: before 12th century

[Hermod]

Well the English version of the bible is a translation from another language. So it would not have said "foot of Christ", in the Latin, it probably said "Pesi Christ".

Foot is from middle English taken from old English or old german.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot

Origin of FOOT

Middle English fot, from Old English fōt; akin to Old High German fuot foot, Latin ped-, pes, Greek pod-, pous First Known Use: before 12th century

The Great Consonant Shift where Old Germanic separated from the other Indo-European languages.

pyro-fire
pater-father
ped-foot

[dtowncitylover]

A fun discussion about a quirky colloquialism has now turned into a linguistic history debate. That's Pure Detroit Yes.