LL-L "Etymology" 2003.01.22 (04) [E]

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From: Marcel Bas <mrbas_26 at hotmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.01.22 (01) [E/S]

Andy Eagle wrote:

> > Yes it is true that the development of the affricate
> > in English started generally in southern England (thus
>Whaur dis this  _hedge_ vs. _heck_  come fae?

The word 'kirk' (in itself a loanword from the Greek 'kerygma') has retained
the plosive which also occurs in Dutch: 'kerk'. An interesting phenomenon is
that this consonant shift corresponds with Frisian; there the palatal
plosives also shifted into affricatives; 'tjerk' = 'church', 'lutse / luke'
= 'to pull' (same word origin as 'luck' and 'lurk'), 'eltse' = 'each'.
All these words have their plosive counterpart in Dutch, eg. 'kerk',
'lokken', 'elke'.

We know that this shift came from the south of England, which corresponds
with the fact that from about the year 450 Frisians settled mainly in Kent,
East Anglia and Lincolnshire; the south.

I think that the shift from plosive to affricative [k - tS] in English was
caused by the Frisian tribe that already had, or was going through, their
shift of [k - ts/tS].

Marcel Bas, Netherlands.

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