Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Denis Mosko:   
      
   ak>  [What is an English equivalent of the Russian word   
   ak>  "shef"?]   
      
   DM>  shef   
      
   ak>  chief   
      
      
            ME > OF > L "caput", head.  Doublet of "chef".   
      
            Yes, Denis, if you ask in English we can all put our heads together.   
   You already understand English far better than I understand Russian....  :-))   
      
      
      
      
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