LL-L "Etymology" 2014.05.22 (03) [EN]

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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2014.05.22 (01) [EN-NL]


Dear Roland, this is really interesting! The 19th-century beard fashion is
called "Backenbart" in German, and this is *High German* too!! A foreign
loanword for it was "Favoris" (must be "fabreezn"??). The beacons by the
sea are called "Bake" (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bake_%28Seezeichen%29)
in German. Big fires by the sea are called "Biikebrennen" (
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biike) in Frisian, "Biike" being the fire
(beacon). Now whether all these words are related is beyond me, I fear we
may be getting on a wrong track here. Surely the experts can enlighten us?

Hartlich!

Marlou



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