LL-L "Etymology" 2009.01.19 (08) [E]

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

Beste Ron,



You wrote:



Old English has *weal*, *wāg* *~ w**ǣ**g* ~ *wāh* and *mūr*. I am not sure
if *wāg* *~ w**ǣ**g* ~ *wāh* is native or if it is a Norse loan (Old Norse *
veggr*). It's likely to be native, since Old Frisian has related *wâch*.



Numerous Dutch dialects also have this word "weeg" for an internal wall.
Weeg is cognate with Latin viere (to weave, to wind), Old Church Slavonic
"viti" (to weave). Western Flemish uses "weeg" in the figurative sense of
peritoneum (fleece like structure in one's tummy).



Interesting in this respect is the name for Cimex lectularius, a sort of
louse. In some dialects it's called a "weegluis", but in most it's a
"wandluis" (pronounced "walloës" (B)).



Kind greetings,



Luc Hellinckx
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