LL-L: "Etymology" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 10.SEP.1999 (02)

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From: bryans at northnet.net
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 10.SEP.1999 (01)

At 09:05 AM 9/10/99 -0700, you wrote:

Regarding the English word 'stove'.

Webster's International Dictionary with references to History pub. 1923

AngloSaxon - stofa: a room for a warm bath
Danish-      stoof: a room for a warm bath to a foot stove
Swedish-     stufva, stuga
Italian-     stufa: a room with a stove
Old French-  estuve

Generally an artificially heated house, room or space.  It is interesting
to see the geographic dispersion(Sweden/France) of this word as it retained
its general form.

In this dictionary, the history of English is traced to include what is
referred to as Old Low German.  I'm sure there are scholarly scoffs but
could someone tell me if this is related to Lowland?

Bryan E. Schulz

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From: Peter Stornebrink [frlboppe at direct.ca]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 10.SEP.1999 (01)

Ron wrote:

>From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
>Subject: Etymology
>
>Peter Stornebrink wrote:
>
>Oh, I know those, though I'm surprised they were still used in living
memory!  I
>only know them from museums in Northern Germany, and I am not surprised
they are
>common in other parts of the Lowlands.  Surely they must have used them on
the
>British Isles and in early South Africa and North America as well.    They
were
>made either of clay or of iron.  They came to be developed into small
boxes that
>could be carried around and apparently were even (and understandably)
carried to
>church and hidden under the long skirts of girls and women during those long,
>long services in the cold part of the year.

Right. I even remember people doing that in our church which was unheated
and could be awfully cold in winter (They were mostly women I think, and
then most likely those living nearby the church). There were only two modes
of transportation to get to church: walking or bicycling.

It seems I am getting old, having experienced those 'good old times'!

Regards,
Peter Stornebrink, Victoria B.C., Canada

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