<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 08 March 2008 - Volume 01<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Please set the encoding mode to Unicode (UTF-8).</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">If viewing this in a web browser, please click on</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">the html toggle at the bottom of the archived page.</span><br>
=========================================================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.08 (02) [E]<br></span><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
From Heather Rendall</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject Etymology</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Henno wrote "in Dutch we have the word "blakeren", for to scorch (mostly in specific expressions or words, like "zwartgeblakerd"</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">zwartgeblakerd .............. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't ask for a more succinct example. Brilliant! Thanks, Henno!</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Heather</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">PS My ancient Sprach Brockhaus has der Black und das Black ( it's
upstairs and I'm too tired [ for that read lazy!] to go up and check)
one is Saxon = ink and the other = a horse</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">How come 'a horse'? from the colour 'black' or some other derivation?</p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">A. van der Ploeg</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:antonpap@xs4all.nl">antonpap@xs4all.nl</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.08 (02) [E]</span>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="3">goejûn Lowlanders,<br><br>
What do you think about the danish
"bl</font><font size="3">æk" for
ink and "sort" for black?<br>
</font>or the swedish "bläck" for ink and
"svart" for black? <br><br>
en gödj eeling,<br>
Anton van der Ploeg</p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">A. van der Ploeg</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:antonpap@xs4all.nl">antonpap@xs4all.nl</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Etymology" 2008.03.08 (02) [E]<br><br></span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#0000ff" size="3">Sorry forgot the most important: the
Northern Frisian ( Mooringer Frasch)
"bl</font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#0000ff" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3">åk"
for ink and "suurt" for black?
</font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Etymology</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In Northern Low Saxon, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blaken</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (root: </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blaak-</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) usually means 'to smoke', 'to be smoky', 'to produce soot' (e.g., a chimney or a lamp).</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As I said, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blak</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Black</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) is 'ink' (usually only black ink, though often synonymous with </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">dint</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">). An inkwell is a </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blakput</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Blackputt</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">put</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> being 'pot').</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">An idiomatic expression using </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blak</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> is </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">blak sapen</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(hebben)</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> ("(to have) guzzled ink"), as in Jy hebt blak sapen (</span><i style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ji hebbt Black sapen</i><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) 'You (pl.) are crazy/silly'.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Since the verb has a long vowel and the noun has a short vowel, I wonder if they are of different origin, e.g. if one of them is a loan.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">