LL-L "Etymology" 2001.11.22 (02) [E]

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: beien

Hi low-landers,

In addition to Ian's comment on the "conservatism" of the outskirts of
language-areas, I was recently struck by one stem which I knew from the
flemish which is spoken in South-Flanders, the area of northern France,
where flemish is still spoken by a few 10.000 people ( -but which is
sadly
on the edge of extinction, due to French policy in the beginning of the
20th century -). We talk about the area between Lille and Dunkirk.
This area was cut off from its center during three centuries, after
which it was conquered by the French and "taken" from the "Netherlands".
It
definitely is an outskirt in all senses. It is the most southern part of
the Dutch spoken language area.
The language, people speak over there , is "live archeology". It
contains stems which seem to be very old ( - I am not a linguist! -)
such as 3d
sing fem. "ZOE" for "she" (z'u).
But the thing I would ask all of you, if anybody knows about the stem,
present in the word "beien" ( -used in a sentence like "k'goan a lietje
beien" - meaning, I am going to wait for a little while-), which I
encountered in the same word, at the other side of Dutch spoken area in
the
village of Voeren, where the word "beien" exists in the same meaning,
whereas it is (seems) absent in the rest of Dutch spoken area.
Voeren is close to the Ripuarian area (Aachen) and is a real outskirt of
the Dutch language-area.
This clearly is an example of the explanation Ian gives.

Is somebody aware of the presence of this stem in any German-spoken area
in Europe? Or in South-Africa?

Thanks beforehand!

Denis Dujardin
Kortrijk - Flanders (Belgium)

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