LL-L "Etymology" 2004.07.27 (03) [E]

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: etymology

Hi Lowlanders,

In dutch there is this expression : "geen sant in eigen land", meaning
"no one is a prophet in his own country".
The word "sant" is fascinating. I know that in Swedish, "det är sant" ,
means, "it is true".
Can anybody refer me to other words in other Lowland languages that
might contain the same stem or have the same meaning?

Denis Dujardin
West-Flanders

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

Hi, Denis!

Are you sure this _sant_ is unrelated to "saint" (in which case it would
have undergone a semantic shift -- "someone chosen, with a special gift" >)?

It sure looks like a Romance loan to me, for it would start with _z-_
(before a vowel) if it were Germanic (which some Flemish dialects do have:
_zant_).  Middle Dutch had _sanct_, _sant(e)_, _sent(e)_, _sint(e)_,
_sunte_, _sonte_, mostly used as a prefix before names.  All of it
ultimately goes back to Latin _sanctus_ 'holy', 'sacred'.

Just wondering ...

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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