LL-L "Etymology" 2012.04.08 (01) [EN]

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From: Marcus Buck list at marcusbuck.org <hannehinz at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2012.04.07 (01`) [EN-NDS]

From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at 6ayoo.com>

  Subject: Etymology

*Dachs* [daks] for 'badger' is (High) German. Low Saxon ("Low German")
tends to have *Tacks* [tʰaks], and Dutch, Afrikaans, Limburgish and W.
Frisian have* das*.

LS *t-* is somewhat surprising here. Proto-Germanic **þahsu-* should have
yielded **dahs* > **Dass*. I assume that (older) Danish and Norwegian *
(svin-)toks* go back to a Middle Saxon loan. (Modern Standard Danish uses *
grævling*, Norwegian* grevling*, Swedish* grävling** *("digger"?).) Early
Modern English has *dasse*, Old English *brocc*, Scots *brock*, from
Proto-Celtic **brokko*.

The **þahsu-* group appears to go back to Proto-Indo-European **tek'-* "to
construct."

The Scandinavian words are loans from Low Saxon. "Gräwing" (
<http://plattmakers.de/?show=5702> <http://plattmakers.de/?show=5702>),
"Gräwel" (<http://plattmakers.de/?show=5700><http://plattmakers.de/?show=5700>),
"Grääw" (<http://plattmakers.de/?show=5701><http://plattmakers.de/?show=5701>)
are derived from "graƀila" ("digger") and similar formations. These words
are still used in some southern dialects (Westfalia, Eastfalia).

Marcus Buck
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