LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 19.SEP.2000 (03) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers [hpijffers at home.nl]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 19.SEP.2000 (02) [E/F]

Reiner wrote:
>....
>Westfalian 'Blage' means child , and 'Hauhnerblage' means
>chicken. It seems, that other Lowlanders dont know this word.
>
Yes we do. We use "blaag" in Dutch and Low-Saxon on this side of the border.

regards,
Henry

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From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 17.SEP.2000 (01) [E]

david strommen wrote:
> Subject: LL-L:interesting word for children-Bairns (E)
>
> I was interested in the word "bairns" in your Scots quote "bairns are ti
be
>
> seen an no heard", is this the common Scots word for children?  the Nordic
> word for children is barn with various plurals.  Did Scots get this from
> us?

The word occured both in Anglo-Saxon and Norse. Its survival may be a case o
'reinforcement'. When theAnglo-Saxon and Norse varieties were merging into
one variety, where the two varieties had different words, or substancially
different cognates, usually only one or the other survived. Where the two
varieties had the same or very similar words they reinforced each other and
survived where other less Scandinavian varieties of 'Anglic' no longer have
them.

Andy

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