LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 06.MAR.2001 (07) [E/F]

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

En omleech ek noch de lykweardige foarmen yn it Westerlauwersk Frysk (WF):

> From: Roger Thijs [roger.thijs at euro-support.be]
> Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 06.MAR.2001 (04) [E/LS]
>
> ----- Original Message ----- >
> > From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
> > Subject: Etymology
>
> Below the versions in my Limburgish from Vliermaal
> (Sorry it's not really an etymological contribution)
>
> > /(wou)kein/ wokeen ~ keen 'who'
> > (cf. /kein(ein)/ keen(een) 'none', 'no one', 'nobody')
> > (cf. NL wie, Afr. wie 'who')
> > (cf. D wer 'who')
> Li: "wi-e"

WF: wa('t)

> > /(wou)nee(v)n/ woneven ~ woneben ~ woneem ~ (')neem 'where'
> > (ook/also: /waar/ waar ~ woor)
> > (cf. /neevn/ neven ~ neben 'beside', 'next to')
> > (cf. NL waar, Afr. waar 'where')
> > (cf. D wo 'where', neben 'beside', 'next to')
> Li (Vliermaal): "bow"; (Tongeren): "boo"

WF: wer

> > /nüms/ nüms ~ /nums/ nums 'no one', 'nobody'
> > (ook/also: /kein(ein)/ keen(een) 'none', 'no one', 'nobody')
> > (cf. NL niemand, Afr. niemand nie 'no one', 'nobody')
> > (cf. D niemand 'no one', 'nobody')
> Li: "niemand neej"

WF: nimmen(net), gjien ien, gjinnen(t)

> > /nargns/ nargens ~ /narms/ narms ~ /narns/ narns 'nowhere'
> > (ook/also: /keinerweegens/ keenerwegens)
> > (cf. NL nergens, Afr. nêrens nie 'nowhere')
> > (cf. D nirgends, nirgendwo 'nowhere', irgend 'any')
> > (cf. NL ergens, Afr. êrens 'anywhere')
> Li: "èrres"; "nèrres"

WF: nearne (<> earne)

> > /jichtns/ jich(t)ens 'any'
> > (> jichtenswo 'anyhow', jichtenseen 'anyone')
> Li: "prell wai", "prell wi-e" (I guess prell comes from the French
> pareille)

WF: /ienig/ ienich

> > /wou(ans/dennig)/ wo ~ woans ~ wodennig 'how'
> > (cf. NL hoe, Afr. hoe 'how')
> > (cf. D wie 'how')
> Li: "wai"

WF: hoe

Groetnis,
Reinhard/Ron

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