LL-L "Etymology" 2002.11.16 (01) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.11.15 (02) [E]

> About 'Pikkewyne':
Well, I don't know {being Dutch}, but I'm guessing
something about Pikkewyne.

If my memory is wright, 'penguin' was used -let's say
untill 1900- for that kind of animals in the North
Atlandic. [And they looked like the 'penguins' in the
southern hemisphere because of their way of life, not
by being nieces and cousins .]
But in 1892 or so the Icelanders killed the last two
existing 'penguins' and after this the name 'penguin'
was free for use - although the name 'penguin' was not
in use in Icelandic-, and this name went over to this
kind of animal in the south of our globe.

This being so, the 'folk-etymology' of 'pikkewyne'
must have its origins in the last 100 years or so.

vr. gr. Theo Homan
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referring to:

> From: ezinsser at icon.co.za <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2002.11.14 (04) [E]
>
> Haai all,
>
> Kevin Browne asked: Can an Afrikaner explain to me
> why most Germanic
> languages call a
> Penguin, something close to Penguin, but in
> Afrikaans it is a "Pikkewyne?"
> Is it possible
> that they look like they are "picking" their way
> forward and possibly had
> too much wine to
> drink?
>
> Kevin, singular: 'pikkewyn', plural: 'pikkewyne'.
> The word probably derives from the Portuguese
> 'pequeno' i.e. "small'.

> Regards,
> Elsie Zinsser

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