LL-L "Etymology" 2008.11.01 (06) [D/E]

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From: Arend Victorie <victorie.a at home.nl>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.11.01 (03) [D/E]

Moi Petrus

Mijn etymologisch woordenboek geeft aan:

Mnl. *häse *Ohd. *haso*

Oe. *hara *Ne. *hare*

On.*heri*

Daar naast staan: Ohd. *hasan* (grijs) en Oe. *hasu* (grauw)

Vergelijk: Lat. *canus *(<* *casnos*) grijs.

 Het dier is naar zijn kleur genoemd.

Heer mnl. *hêre* [c. 1200]

Vergelijk:onfr*. Hêrro*, ohd. *hêriro.* Nhd*. Herr. *Os.*hêrro.*(heerlijk,
voornaam.)

 Goodgaon,

Arend Victorie


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

Petrus *et al.*,

I go along with what Arend says above. However ...

According to my sources:



"hare", *haas*, etc. < Indo-European **k**̂**asen-* ~ **k**̂**aso-* 'gray'
cf. Old English *hasu* 'grayish broun'

cf. Old German *hasan* 'gray', 'lustrous'

cf. Old Prussian *sasnîs* 'hare'
cf. Sanskrit शशाः *śaśā-h**̣* 'hare'
So, "hare" meaning "gray one" goes way back.

Dutch *heer*, German *Herr* 'lord', 'master' are derived from the following:
*hehr* < Old German *hēr* 'senior', 'superior', 'august', 'sublime', etc.
cf. Old English *hár* 'gray'
cf. Old Norse *hárr* 'gray'
< Germanic **haira-*'gray'
cf. Russian *серый* (*seryj*) 'gray'
cf. Polish *szary *'gray'
cf. Lithuanian *širmas*, *širvas* 'dapple-gray'
Old Prussian *sîwan *'gray'
So, it was a gray-haired man that was a senior, and elder, and this Germanic
word was the equivalent of Latin *senior*.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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