LL-L "Etymology" 2002.03.28 (05) [E]

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From: Gustaaf Van Moorsel <gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.03.28 (04) [E]

Ron Hahn wrote:

> _Yard_ comes from Old English _geard_ 'enclosed area', thus is
> apparently related to German _Garten_, Yiddish _gartn_, Low Saxon
> _Gaarn_, Scandinavian _gård_, Icelandic _garður_, etc., meaning
> 'garden', 'yard'.

And, of course, Slavic _grad_, _hrad_, _gorod_, meaning fortified
place, or city.

A similar range of meanings is seen in the following class of words:
German _Zaun_ (fence), Dutch _Tuin_ (yard, garden), English _Town_.

Gustaaf

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Gustaaf, not to forget Scots _toon_ 'town', and Low Saxon (Low German)
_Tuun_ (Dutch spelling _toen_), plural _Tüün_ (Dutch spelling _tuun_)
which means 'garden' in the northwestern dialects (of the Netherlands
and Germany) and 'fence' in the other dialects, including Mennonite Low
Saxon (Plautdietsch) where it is _Tu(u)n_ or _Tü(ü)n_, plural _Tien_.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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