LL-L "Etymology" 2010.01.13 (02) [DE-EN]

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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.01.13 (01) [DE-EN]

Merkwürdig.

:-)

Marlou

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Heather, you asked:

Was heißt "snaaksch", bitte ?

As Marlou said above, the Low Saxon word *snaaksch* (pronounced like
"snawksh") means 'weird', 'strange', 'peculiar' and so forth.

Supposedly a cognate, Dutch *snaaks* means 'jocular', 'playful', 'droll',
'roguish'.

I guess these words literally mean "snake-ish", perhaps originally in the
sense of "sneaky", "unpredictable", "conniving", etc.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle
(still rain-bound)

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