LL-L "Etymology" 2005.08.08 (07) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West) Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.08.08 (01) [E]

Hi, Ron,

you wrote in answer to a posting of our genious Þjóðríkr Þjóðreksson:

> >What is interesting here is that in many Rhenish varieties,
> >including Limburgish, /d/ changes to [N] (probably after changing to
> >[g], thus /nd/ > /ng/ -> [Ng] -> [N]), hence _kenger_ 'children'.
> >I'm tending to see this as an intermediate or "preparatory" step for
> >[nj], but I'm not sure if it's actually a step in a different
> >direction.
Yesterday I learned another thing similar to that: LS: 'weeden', meaning G:
'Unkraut jäten', as I had been tought by my mother (she grew up in the
Lunberg Heath), in our region is spelled LS:'weegen'; but then with the
special meaning of E: 'to cut out thistles' (not too far away from my
mother's definition).
>>From /d/ to /g/? Sometimes the 'Lautverschiebung' has gone very mysterious
ways. I never shall be able to understand the whole proceeding, as I fear.

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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