LL-L "Etymology" 2008.09.25 (05) [E]

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From: Luc Hellinckx <luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Resources"

Hiya Wesley,

> I'm interested in a vessel called the cog, a Friesian/Saxon vessel, it
> appears, the workhorse of the Hanseatic League, and the inspiration for
the
> Mediteranean carrack, which, mated with the Hispanic/Maghreb
xebec/caravel,
> produced the galleon, which after much effort, produced the modern ship.
>
> There's been a cog found in Bremen, and several replicas built; there's
been
> a
> cog found in Denmark, an earlier vintage, and various bits and pieces
> archeologists have discovered at various times and places.
>
> I'm thinking, I can't be the only person who'd like to have a central
> resource
> for this vessel.  (Among other things, I have yet to find a site that has
> its
> lines - I'm hoping one of these days to built a half-sized replica, so
that
> when people tell me to get lost, I can comply for once! ;)

Some etymology:

kog (D)

de; -gen

(948) <me. Lat. cogga, coggum, coggo, cocha <Lat. caudiceus, van caudex
(boomstam)

Greetz,

Luc Hellinckx

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