<div style="text-align: center;">===========================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 28 April 2009 - Volume 01<br>Encoding: Unicode (UTF-08)<br>===========================================<br></div><br>From: <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Diederik Masure</span> <span><<a href="mailto:didimasure@hotmail.com" target="_blank">didimasure@hotmail.com</a>></span></span><br>
Subject: <span>Etymology<br><br></span>Hey LLers! <br>
I'm about to finish my bachelor thesis for which I'm writing 30 entries
for the last part of the (A-R already published) Dutch Etymological
Dictionary by the AUP (Amsterdam University Press), and as I'm supposed
to find as many related Germanic/IE words, I thought maybe y'all would
find joy in seeing your language a little more represented:) I'm mainly
thinking about Low German, as Old Saxon forms are easy to find but the
modern descendants more difficultly. But say if Scots preserves one of
these words where modern English has replaced the Anglo-Saxon by
something else, I'd be glad to have it included too. <br>
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I already figured out most of the etymology on these words so no need
to send me whole lists of obviously related words, I'm looking for A)
interesting minority Germanic words and B) of course if you have an
insight that really differs from what you read in your average etym.
dictionary I'm interessed in your opinion. But I just want to save
everyone wasting their time writing about 'web' that it comes from 'to
weave', for instance:) I need solid and expert information. <br>
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List of words: <br>
waaien ('to blow'), wafel, web, wee (adj. unpleasant/noun 'birth
pain'), weemoed ('melancholy'), weer ('weather'), weinig
('little/few'), wel ('well/good'), welles ('but yes!'), welig
('richly'), welven ('to whelve'), welzijn ('well-being'), wenen
('weep'), wenk ('sign, wink'), wenken, wenkbrauw ('eyebrow'), wereld
('world'), werf ('wharf'), werf ('x times'), werk ('work'), werken,
werkelijk ('real, really'), werpen ('to cast, to give birth
(animals)'), worp ('throw, also of animals'), wervel ('vertebra'),
wervelen ('to whirl'), werven ('to recruit'), wesp ('wasp'), west, wet
('law'), weten ('to know'), weetgierig ('eager to know/learn'), weven,
weefsel ('something that's woven'), wezel ('weasel'). <br>Â
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Hail, Diederik<br>
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PS if possible, share your glosses in standardised spelling (for any
language), although eg. Low Saxon doesnt have 1 single conform
spelling. If a Scots word for instance is only used in Ulster, then I'd
also like to know.<br><br>----------<br><br><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a>> <br>
Subject: Etymology<br><br>Hi, Diederik!<br><br>Here's something Low Saxon (Northern, Germany) right off the bat:<br><br></span>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">waaien ('to blow') weihen [wayen] (id.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">web (web) Webb ~ Weff (id.)<br>
wee (adj. unpleasant/noun 'birth pain') Weh [wey] (id.)<br>
weemoed ('melancholy') Wehmood [weymoud] (id.)<br>
weer ('weather') Wedder ~ Weer ~ W</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">ä</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">är</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL"> (id.)<br>
weinig ('little/few') wenig [weynig] (id.)<br>
wel ('well/good') wull (id.)<br>
welig ('richly') welig ~ wälig [welig] <b><span style="color: maroon;">(blissful)</span></b><br>
welzijn ('well-being') Wullsien [wulsyn] (id.)<br>
wenen ('weep') wenen [weynen] (id.)<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;">wereld ('world') Welt< German,
originally native <i>wereld </i>(id.)<br>
werf ('wharf') Warf [warv] (id.)<br>
werk ('work') Wark (id.)<br>
werken (to work) warken (id.)<br>
werpen ('to cast, to give birth (animals)') warpen (id.)<br>
worp ('throw, also of animals') Worp ~ Wurp (id.)<br>
wervel ('vertebra') Warvel ~ Warbel (id.)<br>
wervelen ('to whirl') warveln ~ warbeln (id.)<br>
werven ('to recruit') ~ warven ~ warben (id.)<br>
wesp ('wasp') <b><span style="color: maroon;">Weps</span></b> (id.)<br>
west (west) West (id.)<br>
wet ('law') Wett [wet] (id.)<br>
weten ('to know') weten ~ wäten [weten] (id.)<br>
weven (to weave) weven ~ wäven ~ weben ~ wäben [weven] (id.)<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL">wezel ('weasel') Wessel ~ Wessling (id.)<br>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<br>Good luck with the thesis!<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA
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