LL-L "Etymology" 2009.12.22 (01) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.12.21 (04) [DE-EN-NDS]

When and where did the Germanic snake/slang division occur? I hadn't
realised there was a Lowlands "snake" being only familiar with Afrikaans and
some Dutch. I'd assumed English snake was related to Norse "snekja".

Paul
Derby
England

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From: R. F. Hahn
<sassisch at yahoo.com<http://uk.mc264.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sassisch@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Etymology

Good question, Paul. Modern Low Saxon has both *slang* and *snaak* for
"snake", but in Old Saxon and Old Low Frankish I can only locate *slanga*.

I wonder if Low Saxon *snaaksch* and Dutch *snaaks* 'droll', 'weird', were
derived from *snake* > *snaak* 'snake' (thus *"snakish").

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

P.S.: From now on days are getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere!

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