LL-L "Etymology" 2009.01.16 (09) [E/LS]

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From: Joachim Kreimer-de Fries <Kreimer at jpberlin.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2009.01.16 (07) [LS]

Am 16.01.2009 um 02:24 schrieb Marcus Buck:

So I don't think, "great" and "greet" are related. Both etymologies were
very interesting to me, cause they show, that meanings can evolve in very
awkward ways.


Danke, leywe Marcus & Reinhard,

for dat wirleggen van miin vermouden. Dat wassen noug bewiise!

Un dat wat ik niewen der linguistisken niggiir im hinnerkopp darmet hadde,
heft sik liikers wiisen:

And now it seems, the natural thought of a Germanic when meeting another
person was not to exchange friendly words, but to attack the invader ;-)


wil seggen, dat »greet« and »grüßen« to sau leddige fuormeln worden sint,
dat keen een weyt, dat de oorsprunk eerder mistruun was, un niner weyt, wat
he darmet eygentlik uutseggen wil. Un na wat:

De uutdrücke annerer völker, wan sik iere lüüe in de möüte kuomen, sint wat
fründlickeren oorsprunks, tomindest im latiinsken gefolge:

Salve, salutazione, ti saluto,
also wünske for gesuntheyt, passt dan wual stimmiger met dem »cordiale«
tohaupe, wat da na mangens met verbunden werd.

Man as ik al schriewen harr', im Westfäelsken sint »gruot« un »gröüten« auk
nig gebrüüklik ...

Hartlik goutgaun!

joachim
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