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L O W L A N D S - L  -  01 November 2007 - Volume 03
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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.31 (02) [E/]

From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2007.10.31 (01) [E/S]

Here is one of the cases where English is richer than Afrikaans in an
ancient survival. Mind you, we have kept 'woon' & its cognates in all the
other Lowlands languages including the Anglo Saxon  & Modern English hasn't.

Yrs,
Mark

We haven't completely lost it, though it's pretty rare now.  The word "wont"
as in " He was wont to visit the pub on Sundays" actually comes from *wunian
*; it now means "accustomed to" or "in the habit of", but it earlier meant
specifically "accustomed to a place". I had an uncle who, on moving to a new
house after decades in an ancient terrace house, said was "gettin' wunted"
to the new one.

Paul

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