LL-L "Etymology" 2010.02.24 (09) [EN]

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From: heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk <heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.02.24 (02) [EN]

from Heather Rendall  heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk

Jonny wrote: Marcus and I lately had a discussion about 'endonym' and
'exonym', the first a *development* of a word within a certain language or
dialect, the latter a *translation* from another language

I wonder, Jonny, whether this is an example of what you are talking about.

In our Anglo-Saxon boundary charters for Wican ( Wike Episcopi) a boundary
marker is given as " ad viam quem dicitur fif ac - recto itinere ad easdem
fif ac" "  ( in the Latin part) and "  " in fif acana weg & aefter them wege
innon tha fif aecc" ( in the A/S part)

Variously translated as "Five Oaks' Way' and 'the fifth oak'

On an 18th century map the same area is listed as " Pickt Oak Way"

In the 20th century and still today a set of cottages are known as "Pitt Oak
Cottages"

Clearly there has to be some connection; Did someone misread 'fif ac' and
change it to 'pickt oak'. Or did time and usage change the 'fif' to 'pickt'?
Surely an odd shift f > p ; isn't it usually the other way around.

Is this the kind of development within a language you were meaning?

best wishes

Heather

Worcester UK



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