Re: [Cz-L] Shoemaker.

This is a scholarly Czernowitzer's proper explanation.
And the next time I visit Israel, I will bring along my husband's suits.

Mimi
On Jan 31, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Berti Glaubach wrote:

> From the Roman substantive mons (mountain) Latin languages like
> French, Italian, and Romanian used the verb (to mount, to go up,
> climb, rise) to derive the later sense of combine, improve, redo,
> assemble, put together, and the Russian remont =>repair, mend and
> also overhaul, paint etc.
>
>
> Israelis use it mainly for house improvements but I just had a
> suit, bought some tenth of years ago in London, changed to my
> actual dimensions (shoulders were to wide). On the tailor's shop
> the sign in Russian read: remont odiezda meaning repair of clothes.
>
>
> The amount paid was 70 IS.
>
>
>
> Berti.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Miriam Taylor
> <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:
> I too remember the word "Remont" to mean general home improvements,
> but if used with a particular other subject, it could mean "repair".
> Generally used as "Wir remontieren das Haus" (we make general
> improvements to the house)
> But can also be used such as: "Wir remontieren die Treppen" (we
> repair and improve the stairs.)
>
> Mimi

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