LL-L "Etymology" 2005.06.23 (03) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at masked.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.06.23 (02) [E]

Hi, Ron,

You wrote:

LS: 'Sottje'

> In many other dialects (of
> the vowel raising type) these are _sutje_ (<Suttje> ["zUtje]) and _sut_
> (<Sutt> [zUt]) respectively, with the same vowel pronunciation as in
> English
> "soot".
I fear Your LS _Suttje_ could make some trouble- because the LS (adv.)
_suttje_ meaning something very different: G: 'langsam', 'bedachtsam', E:
'carefully', 'circumspectically'. I guess this one cognating with E:
'soothe'.

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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

Jonny (above):

> I fear Your LS _Suttje_ could make some trouble- because the LS (adv.)
> _suttje_ meaning something very different: G: 'langsam', 'bedachtsam', E:
> 'carefully', 'circumspectically'.

Nope, it can't.  First of all, it's not "mine" but belongs to the mentioned
"raising" dialects.  Secondly, the pronunciation of the two words is very
different; at least the vowels are:

sutje (<Suttje>) ["zUtje] (with "u" as in "put") 'chimney sweep'
suutje ["zu:tje] (with "u" as in "rule" or "food") 'nice and easy', 'gently'

> I guess this one cognating with E: 'soothe'.

Nope again.  It's derived from Dutch _zoetjes_ ["zutj at s] 'nice and easy',
'gently', from _zoet_ 'sweet' (cf. LS _soyt_ [z9It]).  (Cf., French
_doucement_ 'nice and easy', 'gently', from _douce_ 'sweet')

(Unlike most Low Saxon varieties, Dutch makes abundant use of diminutive
forms of adjectives and adverbs.)

I strongly suspect another two words to be Dutch loans that have made their
way quite far east:

butje (<Buttje>) (cf. Dutch _botje_) "little butt (fish)" = 'little boy',
'urchin', 'squirt'

bontje (<Bontje>) 'candy' (< French _bonbon_)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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