LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 21.OCT.1999 (02) [E]

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From: HARVEY,YASMIN BORDBAR [jharvey at ucla.edu]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 20.OCT.1999 (06) [E]

Ron wrote:

>Cf. Dutch _ochtend_ 'morning', Afrikaans _oggend_ 'morning'.

and

>What's with the _-ing_ in 'morning' (Middle English _(mor(we)ning_)?

Actually, the _-ing_ of 'morning' makes me think of the  _-end_ in
_ochtend_, as in lachend = laughing, slapend = sleeping... So a present
participle used as an adjective/noun ("He's running" / "He's the
running man"/ "He's in the running")?

Jasmin Harvey
Germanic Linguistics, UCLA
jharvey at ucla.edu
http://www.germanic.ucla.edu/linguistics/

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Jasmin!

Good to hear from you again.

You wrote in response:

> >What's with the _-ing_ in 'morning' (Middle English _(mor(we)ning_)?
>
> Actually, the _-ing_ of 'morning' makes me think of the  _-end_ in
> _ochtend_, as in lachend = laughing, slapend = sleeping... So a present
> participle used as an adjective/noun ("He's running" / "He's the
> running man"/ "He's in the running")?

I take it you mean something like the noun 'dawning' from the verb 'to dawn',
thus two nouns: 'the dawning' and 'the dawn'.  You may be onto something
there, I think.

Thanks.

Reinhard/Ron

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