LL-L "Etymology" 2005.04.06 (03) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.04.03 (04) [E]

Dear Lowlanners, Heather:

one word more to LS: "Weet" v/s E: "wet":

> Eric Partidge says:  akin to OE waeter  is OE adjective    wæt...   which
> is akin to OFris  wet and ON vathr, vatr
>
> So no direct HG version tho' all are related to Wasser / waten
>
> Heather

Well- indeed there exists another, but very special word tight to E: 'wet'
in our LS-dialect: "Wettern" (same way used in High German), meaning
something like  D:"Gracht", E: "canal".
In the times of Middel-Low-Saxon it was called "Wetering", but I always
supposed it to be a Dutch loan.
Something like that used in the Netherlandic languages?

Greutens/sincerely

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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