LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.21 (03) [E]

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From: Grietje MENGER <grietje at menger.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.08.21 (01) [D/E]

> From: Henry Pijffers <henry.pijffers at saxnot.com>

> Does that have any relation to Twente Saxon "eek" (oak tree), "ekel"
> (oak nut), and perhaps to Dutch "hekelen"? Come to think of it, if
> someone would say he or she knew of the Dutch word "hekelnaam", that
> wouldn't surprise me at all.
>
> Henry

Now, I don't know the word "hekelnaam", but "hekeldicht" is familiar as a
satire on something (play) or somebody in 17th and  18th centuries (for
example, Vondel). According to Levi Weemoedt "hebben columns en raps de
plaats van het hekeldicht ingenomen".

By the way, "hekelen" (D) is also a process for treating flax in its
transition to linnen.

Grietje Menger
Scotland

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