LL-L "Etymology" 2005.09.24 (08) [E]

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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.09.24 (03) [E/F]

Dear Lowlanders, Ron,

Henno wrote:
> buk = belly
In our LS 'Buk', 'Buuk' primarily means G: 'Ruhe', 'Frieden', also 'Bucht';
E: 'peace', also 'bight'. It is also used in the sense of 'belly', though
the *better* word in our regional dialect should be 'Liiv', G: 'Leib'.
I had a look into an Old Frisian dictionary and found 'buk' already listed
in the sense of 'belly'. In Old Saxon I just found 'buk' for G: 'Bock', E:
'buck'.

I'm curious about this. Just an insufficiency of these books, or could there
have been any special influence, a loan perhaps, from any other language,
e.g. Franconian? I don't presume Frisian/LS: 'Buuk', G: 'Bauch' to be
cognate with E: 'belly' and don't find any other word in E being closer to
them.

Weird stuff, isn't it? Any ideas around here?

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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