LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 01.OCT.2001 (03) [F]

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Henno Brandsma [henno_brandsma at hotmail.com]
Subject: Re: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 29.SEP.2001 (01) [F]

>
>From: Mathieu.vanWoerkom at student.kun.nl [Mathieu.vanWoerkom at student.kun.nl]
>Subject: Etymology
>
> > > * fastelabend subst.m. "carnival (Fasching)" (= low saxon?)
> > > NS _Fastelavend_ ~ _Fasselavend_ etc. id. (< _fasten_ 'to fast' +
> > > _Avend_ 'evening'?; cf. German _Fastnacht_ id.)
>
> > interesting, as far as I know, in WP _fastenabend_ is preferred
> > (although Herrmann-Winter has _fastelabend_ only). The  CP -el-suffix
>seems
> > to be more archaic.
>
>The Limburgisch word for carnival is also _vastelaovend_, so with
>-el-suffix
>
>Regards,
>Mathieu
>

Nijsgjirrigernôch hat it Hollânsk ek "vastenavond"
wylst it Frysk "fêsteljûn" hat. Nammers, it WF
hat faker in -el- bynfoneem dêr't it Hollânsk dat
net hat, byg. ek yn "gongelstôk" (walking stick).

It liket deer oars op dat -el yn "fêsteljûn" al frij
âld is, yn it Westgermaansk alteast.

Henno Brandsma

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