LL-L "Etymology" 2004.04.01 (06) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Me again ... Sorry.

I am wondering about the origin of one of the Lowlands Saxon (Low German)
taboo replacement names for the devil (Satan): _Musche Bliks_ (<Musche Blix>
[mÊ ËŒÊƒeː'blɪks] ~ [ËŒmÊ Êƒe'blɪks]).  Literally it means "Monsieur
Flash/Lightning."

Because of the use of French-derived _Musche_ (< _monsieur_, instead of
_Heer_ or _Herr_) I am wondering the following:

(1) Is this name a LS creation, possibly coined during the 17th- and
18th-century French craze or during the Napoleonic occupation of Northern
Germany?

(2) Is this name derived from one or more other Lowlands language varieties,
possibly Flemish or Limburgish? In other words, are there corresponding
forms in related languages that use French words more freely due to
proximity?

(3) Might this name be based on an equivalent in a non-Lowlands language?

Thanks in advance!
Reinhard/Ron

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