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From: <span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Jonny</span> <<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Dear Lowlanders,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">in </span><b><span style="color: blue;">LL-L "Etymology" 2007.06.14 (03) [E]</span></b>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New";">I wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">in the periphery
of a neighboured village we have a street named 'Am<br>
Tilljak', and I'm just and only able to help you with the word 'Am...'- it's<br>
meaning 'At the...'<br>
<br>
Up to this very moment no-one is able to help me to find out the roots of<br>
this word, so I have to ask the concentrated intelligence of the Lowlandic<br>
scene for help.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">...</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
In <b><span style="color: blue;">LL-L "Etymology" 2007.06.14 (03) [E]</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">our
Marcel Bas answered:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;">Hi Johnny,</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;"><br>
<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;">Couldn't 'Till' denote 'Goal', or
'Target'? Maybe it has a military meaning.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;">Like "De Doelen" (The
Targets)<span style=""> </span>in many cities in the Netherlands,
where</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;">soldiers or shooting guilds would
practice their shooting.</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;"><br>
<br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE">Ziel ~Til(l)?</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE"><br>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE">'Ziel' is related to
Scandinavian 'till', which lead to English 'till' (also</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE">wenn du dein Ziel
erreicht hast, gehst du 'till' (bis zu) dem Ziel).</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="DE"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: teal;" lang="DE">...</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" lang="DE"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Ha, Marcel - and you
had been on the right way!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Yesterday evening a
neighbour told me, he had found out the meaning of <b>_Tilljak_.</b> It denotes
a very special constellation of land parcels. In particular: if these parcels,
caused by any feature of the landscape, are running together at one
edge or angle - <i>'till' they reach one common goal!!</i> -this
occurence is called 'Tilljak'.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">So - 'till' seems to
be very clear, but 'jak' still remaining in dark. But I have a guessing: in
German forests the smallest parcels are called 'Jagen', and this one could fit
into the 'Tilljak'-construction very well.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">My neighbour even
came up with another word which seems to be related (in meaning, not in
etymological aspects): <b>_Tirrtarr_. </b>It denotes something very similar,
but not in the landscape, but in furniture. In the process during
producing a cane chair this 'Tirrtarr' describes the run of the threads in
the edges/angles of the seat.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Just a moment- why
not related etymologically? Just substitute _rr_ by _ll_, and there we are: <b>'Tilltall'</b>!!!
Again 'till', but what is 'tall'??? Perhaps a kind of wordplay as in <i>'Wirrwarr'</i>
(confusion), <i>'wischiwaschi'</i> (indefinate), '<i>larifari'</i> (airy-fairy,
ha!!) or in <i>'pillepalle'</i> (unimportant, forgettable)...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Allerbest, and my
special thanks to Marcel!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Jonny Meibohm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="DE"> </span></p>
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