LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.06.23 (04] [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 23 June 2006 * Volume 04
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Sports

Thanks for the additional information about the game, guys.

Here's an etymological crossover from "Sports", my assumptions:

pengel : (hard, inflexible) stick
pengel(e)n : to hit (with a stick)

-> Amsterdam _pinkelen_ (perhaps because the kids thought this sounded "cooler"
in the sense of "naughty," since it also means 'to tinkle' (in in 'to urinate'),
given that kids love toilet humor)

cf. German _Bengel_ (1) 'stick', 'club' (archaic) -> (2) 'lout', '(ill-mannered) boy'

cf. Drenthe Low Saxon of Hoogeveen _prugel_ (["pry:x at l]) 'child', cf. German
_Prügel_ (1) 'stick (for beating)' -> 'a beating' -> _prügeln_ 'to administer a
beating'
(see Arend's translation: http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/dreents-hoogeveen.php

And then there's the _Pinkel_ sausage of Western Lower Saxony (e.g., of the
Oldenburg area).  I wonder if it got this name because the sausages are partly
dried and thus like sticks or clubs.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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