LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 06.SEP.2000 (01) [E/LS]

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From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Etymology

I had second thoughts after deleting one of Ron's messages about "kot" and
perhaps I remember incorrectly what he said. I just wanted to make clear
that in BE the primary meaning of "cot" is a bed, usually with high sides,
for a baby. In AmE the word is used for what we call, I would say
exclusively, a "camp bed".

What do US babies sleep in (apart from "pajamas")?

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: Reiner Brauckmann [Reiner.Brauckmann at FernUni-Hagen.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 015.SEP.2000 (04) [E/LS]

> De Fraag' is of dat belgsch-nedderlandsche Woord _kot_ för 'n
> Studentenkamer mit dat Woord för 'n lütt Huus or mit dat ingelsche Woord
> för'n Klappbedd verwandt is.
>
> Gröten,
> Reinhard/Ron
>
En Kotten in de Spraoke vande westfölschke Mark es en wahne
kleinen Buernhoff, we nit viell inbrengt. De Kötter (dats de
Ackersmann) kann van de Erträgnisse nit stiärwen noch leäwen
und maut noch annere Arbeit hebben. Fake waor auk en
Hammerweärk of ne Arbeitsstier vanne  Handweärker benaimt as
en Kotten.

Gued gaohn
Reiner

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

Dear Lowlanders,

I have this vague hunch that this word _cot_ 'small dwelling/homestead',
'cottage' and its relatives in various languages (perhaps also the words _hut_
and _house_ and their relatives?) are related to Indo-Aryan *_kota_ 'built
shelter' > 'settlement', 'fort', 'town' (also in place names such as Bengali
_Kali-Kota_ "City of (the goddess) Kali" = 'Calcutta') which apparently was
imported into Malayo-Polynesian varieties (e.g., Malay/Indonesian _kota_
'fort', 'city' in numerous place names, e.g., _Kota Singapura_, _Kota
Kinabalu_, _Kota Udang_ (= _Cirebon_), _Kota Wanci_) and Altaic place names
(e.g., Classical Mongolian _Kökekota_ > Modern Mongolian _Huh(e)hot_ "Blue
City").  So I assume that there is an Indo-European root.

This may be one of those few words that is found in Uralic, Altaic and
Indo-European, either as some "proto-proto" shared item or as an ancient
loanword; e.g. Proto-Finno-Ugric *_kota_ 'hut' from which Hungarian _ház_
'house', Finnish _koti_ 'house', 'home' ~ _koto_ 'home' are supposed to be
derived.

Can any of you Indo-Europeanists debunk or elucidate?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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