LL-L "Etymology" 2003.11.08 (06) [E]

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From: John Duckworth <jcduckworth2003 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Etymology

Dear Lowlanders,

All the talk about _mi duck_ the other day got me thinking about the other
Lowland words for the duck.

Old English had a second word for 'duck', _ened_ , which remained the usual
English word for the female bird up to the 15th century, and  was cognate
with Modern Dutch _eend_ (Old High German _anut_ / _anit_/ _enit_ . Middle
High German _ant_ /_ent_ > Modern High German _Ente_); ONorse _önd_
(Swedish/Danish _and_); Lithuanian _ántis_ ; Latin _anas_ /  Genitive
_anatis_ (Italian _anatra_ ; _Spanish anade); Greek _νηττα_  (Epirus  and
Ionian _νησσα_ ; Boeotian _ νασσα_); Russian _утка_, Serbian _ утва_.

Can anyone tell me if the Old English word _ened_ still survives in any
dialect of English, apart from in place names? Scots seems to have _deuk_,
is that correct?

Also what are the Frisian names for the duck? It would be interesting to see
if they are cognate with Old English _ened_ or with Modern English _duck_.

What is the Low Saxon word? Is it _eent_?

John Duckworth
Preston, UK

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, John, and thanks!

> What is the Low Saxon word? Is it _eent_?

_Aant_ [?Q:nt] (pl. _aanten_ [?Q:ntn])

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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