LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.27 (07) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
L O W L A N D S - L * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
http://www.lowlands-l.net * lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
Rules & Guidelines: http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules
Posting: lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org or lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
Commands ("signoff lowlands-l" etc.): listserv at listserv.net
Server Manual: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html
Archives: http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html
Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8) [Please switch your view mode to it.]
=======================================================================
You have received this because you have been subscribed upon request.
To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l" as message
text from the same account to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or
sign off at http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
=======================================================================
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 (Zeeuws)
=======================================================================

   L O W L A N D S - L * 29 October 2005 * Volume 07
=======================================================================

From: waki <yasuji at amber.plala.or.jp>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.28 (02) [A/E]

> From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.26 (02) [E]
>
> Ron, Gabriele,
>
> to the use of  _Etmal_ in German Ron wrote:
>
>> I have come across Low Saxon _etmaal_ (<Etmahl>, <Ettmahl>) a few times.
>> But I think this is now archaic and obscure, at least on the German side
>> of
>> the border.
>
> and Gabriele:
>
>> In German, the word "Etmal" means the distance that a ship travels in 24
>> hours. It is still heavily used in crossword puzzles...
>
> Let me remark that it is still in use as a quite common word amongst
> sailors
> ("Seemannssprache"), in the meaning Gabriele explained it.
> But it obviously isn't regarded to be a German word, because it's not
> listed
> in the etymological DUDEN.
>
> Greutens/Regards
>
> Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm
From: Yasuji Waki(yasuji at amber.plala.or.jp)
Re: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.28 (02) [A/E]

Hallo friends of Lowland-L

I checked a German-Japanese dictionary and found such descriptions on
the word "Etmal":

Etmal [ndd.] (海)［海=See） 1. (Essenszeit)　食事時間
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2.　一昼夜（=from noon till the next noon),
                                                    (Schiffstagereise) 
一日の航程(the passage
                                                    of a ship for a day)
>>From above descriptions, I think, the word "Etmal" is originally a Low
German word. I don't know, if this word is used also by High German
speakers.

Best regards,

Yasuji 

==============================END===================================
* Please submit postings to lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org.
* Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
* Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
* Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
  to be sent to listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org or at
  http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html.
======================================================================