LL-L "Etymology" 2003.08.29 (03) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
Subject: Etymology

Beste liëglanners,

The gannet (related to "gander", "goose", "gunsel" and "gosling") has its
zoological
name "Sula bassana" probably derived of "Bass Rock", an islet in the Firth
of Forth in
southeastern Scotland where a huge colony has been residing for a long time.

In Flemish the bird can be called "gent", "genter", "jan-van-gent" and
"zeezot". I
think the words "gent" and "genter" are the original names in Flanders (both
seem to
be cognates of "gannet" and "gander"), and then at a certain point in time
confusion
might have arisen with some famous man in Ghent (who was rather "tapsig un
dösig"?).
Generally speaking, a "gent(er)" denotes a male goose or swan. The words
"gänter" and
"gänterick", in use south of Berlin, are Dutch loans.

Which brings me to a "drake". This bird is called "nen ölper" in Brabantish,
"erpel"
(D) (also exported to the Brandenburg Mark and beyond), "woerd" (D). It's
very
tempting indeed to make some kind of a connection with a "Basstölpel". On
the other
hand, we also have "dölper" in Brabantish, "dorpel" (D), which means
"threshold"
("zulle" in Flemish ~ "sill" (E) ~ "Schwelle").
Does anybody know the etymology of this Scandinavian "sula" (~ Latin
(in)sula meaning
"isle"???).

Kind greetings,

Luc Hellinckx

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