LL-L "Etymology" 2002.05.04 (11) [E/LS]

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Sorry, this one misfired.  RFH
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

[English below]

Ik schreef:

> Ja, in 't Neddersassische (Nedderdüütsche) hebbt wi ook "Sleedoorn" ~
> "Slöödoorn" för de Plant, un "Slee(beer)" ~ "Slöö(beer)" för de Frucht,
> in 't ("Hoog"-) Düütsche _Schlehdorn_ un _Schlehe_, up Ingelsch
> _sloe_!    (_Prunus spinosa_ "doornige Plumm")  Ik harr dat man tovör
> nich verbunnen.  Düt schall mit dat slaawsche Woord för "Plumm" verwandt
> sien (t.B. Russisch _sliva_).

I wrote:

> In Low Saxon (Low German) we also have _Sleedoorn_ ~ _Slöödoorn_ for the
> plant and _Slee(beer)_ ~ _Slöö(beer)_ for the fruit.  (_Prunus spinosa_
> 'thorny plum')  I hadn't made the connection.  Apparently, the name of
> the fruit is related to the Slavic word for 'plum' (e.g., Russian
_sliva_).

'sloe', 'fruit of the blackthorn':
Old English: slâ ~ slâh
Middle Dutch: slê
Middle Low Saxon: slê
Old High German: slêha ~ slêwa
< Germanic: *slaihwôn

Cf. Slavic 'plum':
Proto-Slavic *_sliva_, Ukrainian (/slïva/) _slyva_, Russian (/sljíva/)
_sliva_, Belarus (/sljíva/) _sliva_, Bulgarian (/slíva/) _sliva_,
Macedonian (/slíva/) _sliva_, Serbo-Croatian (/Slj``iva/) _{s`'}ljiva_,
Polish (/sjliva/) _{s'}liwa_, Czech (/sliiva/) _slíva_, Slovak (/sliva/)
_sliva_, Upper Sorbian (dim. /slov(a)+ka/) _slowka_, Lower Sorbian
(/sliva/) _sliwa_, Polabian (/slaivå/) _slaivo_.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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