LL-L "Etymology" 2003.11.10 (10) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at holger-weigelt.de>
Subject: "Etymology"

> From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at pandora.be>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> Beste Stella en Henno,
>
> A common duck is called "een ènne" (~ eend (D), Ente (G)) in my Brabantish
> and a drake is "nen élper" or "nen ölper" (~ Erpel (G)).
>
> Flemish has many forms like "aande", "aandin", "boele", "goele", "piel"
and
> "wertel" for a duck on the one hand, and "massel(aar)",  "erpel",
"kerpel",
> "wertel" and "woerd" for a male duck on the other hand. There are even
more
> possible words to denote these animals, but I'm giving you the ones that
> occur most frequently.
>
> There are other sorts of ducks however, like Aythya fuligula, Aythya
ferina
> and Aythya marila that are often called "duikeend", "duikaande",
> "duikeling", or "duiker", and given the Flemish pronunciation of "duiker"
> like "dukker" (+ glottal stop) I can easily imagine that this word is a
> cognate of English "duck".
>
> Kind greetings,
>
> Luc Hellinckx

Hello Luc !
"Erpel" is also the German term for a male duck. But what is more
interesting for me is that Your above list reminds me of having heard a word
like "piel" in connection with ducks somewhen during my childhood but never
again later. I feel encouraged for doing some research whether I can find a
hint in literature about that possibly lost word.
Kind greetings
Holger

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