LL-L "Expressions" 2003.01.02 (04) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleemin.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Expressions" 2003.01.02 (03) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Expressions
>
> It seems to me that Scots _ben_, Lowlands Saxon (Low German) _binnen_,
> Flemish _ben_, Dutch _binnen_ and Afrikaans _binne_ basically mean
"inside"
> or "within."  The opposites are LS _buten_, Dutch _buiten_ and Afrikaans
> _buite_.  (Cf. English "within" <> "without".)
>
> I assume that the pattern is as follows:
>
> LS:
> b(e)-IN-en <> b(e)-UUT-en
>
> Dutch:
> b(e)-IN-en <> b(e)-UIT-en
>
> Cf. English "beLOW", "beNEATH", "beSIDE(s)", "beYOND".

Aha! Hence the Scots "but an ben" (a house with only two rooms - the "but"
and the "ben").

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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