LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.09.12 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 12 September 2006 * Volume 04
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From: 'jonny' [jonny.meibohm at arcor.de]
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.09.07 (01) [E/LS]

Beste Lowlanners and Reyni,

this evening I fell about a 'line' of related words:

G: 'Ofen', E: 'oven' and 'stove', LS: 'Oben', but then G: 'Stoevchen'
(diminutive; maybe of Dutch origin))

All of them roughly are designating one and the same: a device to control fire
within a house/room.

What interesting kind of 'lautverschiebung'.

The first German and English variety denoting an 'oven to heat a room', the
second English one the same, but fired with gaz (??), and the third (German) just
meaning a little , controlled flame suited to keep warm a can with tea.

Why for one time with a preposed 'st-' and then without? Could it have been a
'specializing' suffix in olden times?

Anyone with an idea?

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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