LL-L "Etymology" 2003.12.11 (02) [E]

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From: Peter Snepvangers <snepvangers at optushome.com.au>
Subject: Etymology


Could you tell me from where the words originated and the variants in
Frisian and Limburgs. They are "smeuig" and "ouwel".


Hello Ron and Lowlanders,
Thank you to everybody for the great information. Smeuig does seem to mean
"to make smooth" in the cooking sense. In the book it referred to "boter
wordt eerst smeuig gemaakt". Thank also to Mathieu van Woerkom - The
Limburgish word is 'meutsig'.
Ouwel...assume it is derived from Latin _oblāta_,the feminine form of
adjectival _oblātus_ (< _ob+lāt-_), describing it as a flattened sphere,
thus a flattened ball (of dough), also fitting as something that is offered
(< _offerre_, as in English "oblate," "oblation," It does seem to be a sheet
of rice paper or something similar used as a base for eg.kokos macaroon. The
recipe in my book is for Vrijmetselaars madfe from amandelspijs. Thank you
all again.
Danke,
Peter Snepvangers snepvangers at optushome.com.au

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