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From: orville crane <manbythewater at hotmail.com>
Subject: iepen, ticht

Dear Ron,
  Yes, I thought that it was strange that "ticht" would mean open too. I
looked up "ticht" in the glossary of P. Sipma's "Phonology and Grammar of
Modern West Frisian", 1913, second edition 1966.
  "Ticht" is defined as close, dense. I suppose that it would be cognate to
tight. So you were right to think that something was odd.
  Incidentally, in Faroese, West North Germanic, the word for tight, dense,
close-packed is "taettur". "Taettur" stands in contrast to "tjukkur"; thick
or stout. Going back to our Frisian friend, "ticht", we also find "tsjok"
(thick) in contrast.
  It is my pleasure to read the Lowland blog, As you can see by my email
address, manbythewater at hotmail.com, I am also a Lowlander by the sea in
peninsular New Jersey.
Yours truly,
Tom Crane +

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi and thanks, Tom!

And welcome to Lowlands-L and its speakers corner!

Reinhard/Ron

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