LL-L: "Folklore" LOWLANDS-L, 09.OCT.2000 (06) [E]

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

Dear Lowlanders,

I wrote:

> Danish _sligepøt_ and Norwegian _slikkepøtt_ appear to go back to an older
> Low Saxon (Low German) loan, perhaps via Southern Jutish.  In that case
> _slikke_ is native for 'to lick (out)' (= _slige_ in Southern Jutish or
> other dialects?), and _pøt_/_pøtt_ is imported.  Danish and Norwegian (only
> Bokmål?) do have _potte_ for 'pot', but apparently mostly for clay pots,
> such as flower pots, and the plural is _potter_.  Or am I wrong there?
> (Cf. Danish _pottemageri_ 'potter's shop', _pottemagerler_ 'pottery clay',
> _potteskår_ 'broken piece of a pottery item')  The usual word for '(metal)
> pot (for cooking)' is Danish _gryde_ and Norwegian _gryte_ or in some cases
> Danish _kar_ (or _kogekar_).  A cooking pot is _Pott_ or _Putt_ in Low
> Saxon, and the plural forms are _Pött_ and _Pütt_ respectively.*  So, LS
> _Puttenlicker_, D _sligepøt_ and N _slikkepøtt_ convey the same idea of
> 'one who licks out pots' = 'pot licker'.  At least this is the way it seems
> to me.  Any other thoughts on this?

Just a moment!  _Slikke_ (and Swedish _slicka_) may very well also be a Low
Saxon loan; cf. Modern LS _slicken_ 'to lick', 'to eat treats' (cf. German
_schlecken_).  I can't find an Icelandic cognate.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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