LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 14.MAR.2001 (04) [E]

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From: Jim Gretch [jgretch at ugf.edu]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 13.MAR.2001 (03) [E]

Ron wrote:

> >    * bollen subst.pl. "onions (Zwiebeln)"
>
> Apparently found in several Eastern Low Saxon and German
> dialects; < Slavic
> (cf. Polish _cebula_ [tsE'bula] 'onion'), perhaps reinforced
> by M-WP _Boll_
> 'spherical/bulbous object'.

or from Latin _cepula_ < dim. of _cepa_ ?  (the same ultimate
source for Zwiebel)

> >    * doetz subst.m "head (Kopf)"
>
> NS & M-WP & Missingsch _Döötz_ ~ _Deetz_ 'head' (< W. Slav.?)

or perhaps from French _tête_ ('head') < Lat. _testa_ ('shell', 'jug')?

The likelihood of its being borrowed from French would be tied
to its earliest occurrence in the language(s).

Jim Gretch

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