LL-L "Etymology" (weas "Help needed") 2002.03.03 (05) [E]

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From: Edwin Alexander <edsells at cogeco.ca>
Subject: LL-L "Help needed" 2002.03.03 (01) [E]

At 11:03 AM 03/03/02 -0800, Reuben wrote:
>The Low Saxon/Low Prussian word for the wooden shoulder yoke
>for carrying loaded pails or baskets, was generally known in
>much of East Prussia and in the Vistula-Nogat Delta as 'Pede' f.
>The words 'Trage' and 'Schanne' or 'Schande' were also known.
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>According to Frischbier, 'Pede' had its roots in Old-Prussian
>'pîd', which meant 'to carry.'
>In modern Mennonite Plautdietsch, such yoke is  known as a
>'Peedj' f. It is pronounced similar to English 'paid,' except that
>final 'd' is palatalized.

Is this a relative of English "pedlar"?  One source links this word to
"pad", as in the padding in a coat and, earlier, the bags placed over
the
back of a beast of burden.

  Ed Alexander

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