LL-L "Etymology" 2005.03.29 (03) [E]

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From: "Kevin Caldwell" <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2005.03.28 (02) [E/LS]

> From: "jonny" <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
> Subject: Lexicon
>
> Once again!
>
> Greutens/sincerely
>
> Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: jonny [mailto:jonny.meibohm at arcor.de]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. März 2005 19:52
> > An: Lowlands (lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org)
> > Betreff: Lexicon
> >
> > *dat leut*        HG: ist gegen den Wind geschützt        E: sheltered
> from
> the
> > wind

English also uses "alee" to mean "sheltered from the wind; on or toward
the leeward side".

Kevin Caldwell

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

Kevin,

I think you could be onto something.  I assume that what Jonny writes with
<eu> is [O.I] (similar to "oy" in "boy"), which in other dialects would be
<öö> [9.I] (similar to "conservative" Dutch pronunciation of <ui>), AS
<oy> for both.

The <t> at the end is the suffix /-t/ for the 3rd person singular
(corresponding to English _-s_).

So the root is /löü-/, and this /öü/ very often corresponds to /ei/ in
other dialects, /öü/ tending to be the result of labial assimilation (as
in _keym_ ~ _koym_ 'came'), but not necessarily so.

So there could be an alternative (original?) form /lei-/.  I don't have
the necessary dictionaries here and will need to check it later.

N.B.: Jonny's dialect regularly realizes /oy/ as [O.I] (which is also
typical of most Lower Elbe dialects) and /ei/ as [a.I] (as in "aisle,"
which is a feature found in numerous groups, including the dialects of
Groningen, where it tends to be written <aai>).  Alternatives to this are
[9.I] and [E.I] ~ [e.I] (as in "wait") respectively.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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