LL-L "Etymology" 2009.06.28 (03) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"

On an Anlgo-Saxon discussion group somebody mentioned the Northern
English/Midlands expression "mi ol' mucker", a term for "my old friend" or
similar.  They mentioned a similar modern Saxon * min ole makker*, and a
German-speaker said there was a modern H. German *Macker*, which he believes
is of Lowlands origin.

The question was how far back this connection went to English; is from
Dutch/Flemish sailors and traders in the Middle Ages to 18thC, or back as
far as Old English?

Any Lowlanders got any knowledge of the expression and its possible history?

Paul
Derby
England

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