LL-L "Etymology" 2005.12.31 (01) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 31 December 2005 * Volume 01
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From: "jonny" <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.12.29 (02) [E/German]

Hi, Ronni,

you wrote:
> Jonny, if the etymology you found bears any water (no pun intended) we are
> probably talking about two words rather than about one.
>
> The _balje_ (< French _baille_) I was talking about is a wash basin or
> washtub (_Waschbecken_, _Washzuber_, _Waschschüssel_, etc.) and doesn't
> seem to have anything to do with a spit of land (in older Low Saxon also
> _nese_ > _nees'_ "nose", as in place names like Blankenese).

No- it just should be a completition about the (wrong??) *use* of
'ballie'. I think
it was the 'Franconising' in those times when French (about some 200 years
ago)
started to dominate German/LS (in many scientificated branches, such as
trigonometrics) for a while, and many people still today believe that this
is the
origin. They always used to make this expression to the only base of
'Balje', and I
guess it to be wrong as you see in former postings. There are more
examples like
this I could talk about.

Thanks for 'Blankenese'. It's obviously and could be helpful for me.

Best Greutens, 'gouden Rutsch'!

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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