LL-L "Etymology" 2007.12.07 (06) [E/F]

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From: Henno Brandsma <hennobrandsma at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.12.07 (02) [E/German]

No, I'm not absolutly sure. At the first seeing of "bisset" I
supposed the same innocent meaning as you tell. But unsure, I looked
also after the LS-Westphalian-word "bissen" in Klöntrup and found:

"bissen
vor wild laufen; wird nur von Kühen gebraucht; von Pferden sagt man
se wäret löüpsk.
Im Scherz sagt man
wän de Sniggen bisset - ad calendas graecas." (Klöntrup)

Yn ús Frysk is dat "biizje", dat ûnstien iket te wêzen út Aldfrysk "*bisia".
De etymology sil miskjin as Hollânsk "bezig" (== busy < *bisig ?) wêze?

Henno Brandsma
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