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L O W L A N D S - L - 31 October 2008 - Volume 05<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Luc Hellinckx</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Etymology"</span><br>
<br>
Beste Ron (& annere liëglanners),<br>
<br>
Just came across the interesting Scots verb "to kittle" for "to
tickle" (E). Scots has this "k-t-l"-structure in common with all
the other North-Sea Germanic languages:<br>
<br>
kitzeln (G), kittelen/kietelen (D), köteln (B), kitla (Icelandic)...<br>
<br>
Except English, which has "t-k-l" (metathesis?). The word is
explained as "Lautnachahmung" (sort of a phonetic imitation) by
Kluge, which I find kind of strange.<br>
<br>
Some Flemish dialects have "tingelen", which means" to feel a
burning sensation in your skin, after touching a nettle (the plant itself is
often called "nen tingel"). As far as I know, Brabantish doesn't have
the noun, we do use "singelen" for the verb though (related to
English "to singe").<br>
<br>
Besides, there seems to be a thin line between feeling comfort and/or pain when
one gets tickled.<br>
<br>
Still recall that day when I was a kid and after spending too many hours in the
scorching sun, my back was seriously tanned. Took a shower and then suddenly
felt an itch all over my back, while I was wiping myself...dozens of blisters
had started to peel off. I wanted to scratch like mad, but the more I did so,
the more it itched. In the end I seriously felt like climbing the walls out of
sheer discomfort. I could no longer stand still, my heart was racing and I was
running to and fro like a madman...ants in my pants so to speak *s*.<br>
<br>
So maybe "to tickle" is neither a case of metathesis, nor an
onomatopoetic word...who knows?<br>
<br>
Kind greetings,<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Luc Hellinckx</span><br>
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