LL-L "Etymology" 2004.11.16 (04) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.11.13 (05) [D/E/LS]

> Ron wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>
>> Can any of you enlighten me about the origin of the Low German (Dutch,
>
>> Afrikaans, Lowlands Saxon, etc.) word _toonbank_ '(shop) counter'?
>
> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Etymology
>
> Thanks so much, everyone, for the overwhelming response to my question
> I
> sent in just at the onset of witching hour this morning!  And what a
> response it's been!  Now I know how to make rarely heard voices come
> out of
> the woodwork: submit questions that beg for the answer "Duh, silly!"
> ;-)
>
> And silly it was.  A connection between _toonbank_ and _tonen_ didn't
> even
> occur to me, even though I was aware of the meaning of Dutch _tonen_,
> though, admittedly, I didn't know its etymology and was very
> interested to
> find out about it, so thanks for that, too.  (It isn't exactly
> intuitive, is
> it?)

Hi Ron,
I can add that in Flemish we still use the words "toôg" for "toonbank"  and
"togen" besides "tonen".

groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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