LL-L "False friends" 2004.10.22 (02) [E]

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

Dear Lowlanders,

Here's an interesting pair of false friends (_faux amis_, i.e., two words in
two languages sounding alike but having different meanings), just in time
for Halloween:

Lowlands Saxon (Low German):
_wikker_ (<Wicker> ['vIk3`])
'warlock', 'male practioner of the Wicca religion'
(> feminine _wikkersch(e)_ <Wickersch(e)> ['vIk3`S(e)] 'witch')
(both are related to English "witch" < Old English _wicca_ & _wicce_)

English (especially non-rhotic dialects:
"vicar" ['vIk3`]
'Christian priest', often 'Anglican/Episcopalian priest/pastor'
(< Old French _vikere_, _vicare_, _vicaire_ < Latin _vicārius_
"substitute/representative (for/or God)")

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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