7.1380, Sum: Hebrew word for scooter

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Subject: 7.1380, Sum: Hebrew word for scooter
 
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Date:  Fri, 04 Oct 1996 02:46:00 +0900
From:  PXX06625 at niftyserve.or.jp ("PXX06625 at niftyse")
Subject:  Summary: Hebrew word for scooter
 
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Date:  Fri, 04 Oct 1996 02:46:00 +0900
From:  PXX06625 at niftyserve.or.jp ("PXX06625 at niftyse")
Subject:  Summary: Hebrew word for scooter
 
Re: Summary: scooter
 
A few weeks ago, when I posted a question about the Hebrew word for
(the foot-pushed) SCOOTER, I did not expect that a summary might be of
interest to anybody except for myself. However, the answers I received
revealed something interesting.
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The name for (the foot-pushed) SCOOTER in Hebrew is KORKINET. The word
seems to have been modeled on French TROTTINETTE or PATINETTE which
also mean (foot-pushed) SCOOTER, while *CORQUINETTE is a non-existing
word in French. The stem /KORK-/ can hardly be connected with any
Hebrew or French word, cf. <croquer> 'to eat by biting (e.g. an
apple), munch', etc. Some of the explanations I have received refer to
possible phonetic changes (t > k shift and metathesis), but it is also
quite possible that it was not TROTTINETTE that was altered, but
KORKINET was simply created by speakers of Hebrew on the analogy of
French TROTTINETTE or PATINETTE using an imaginary stem (i.e. KORK-).
 
Let me say thanks to the following people who kindly shared their
ideas with me (unfortunately, I lost one document and the name and
e-mail of the respondent):
 
Pascale Amozig      pascale at tovna.co.il
Edit Doron          edit at vms.huji.ac.il
Jan Engh            jan.engh at ub.uio.no
David Gaatone       dgaatone at ccsg.tau.ac.il
Uri Horesh          urihores at post.tau.ac.il
Marc Picard     picard at conu2.bitnet
Marie-Lucie Tarpent Marie-Lucie.Tarpent at MSVU.Ca
Marina Yaguello     maya at paris7.jussieu.fr
 
 
Best,
 
Laszlo
 
CSERESNYESI, Laszlo
Prof. of Ling.
Shikoku Gakuin University
765 Kagawa-ken, Zentsuji-shi,
Bunkyo-cho 3-2-19 (JAPAN)
TEL=FAX -81-877-63 5451
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