<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">===========================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 01 July 2009 - Volume 02<br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="mailto:lowlands@lowlands-l.net">lowlands@lowlands-l.net</a> - <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/">http://lowlands-l.net/</a></span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">

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===========================================<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="gI"><span class="ik"></span><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">idebruin</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:idebruin@home.nl">idebruin@home.nl</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="gI"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">makkar</span><br></span><p style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Hello <i><span style="font-style: italic;">makkers</span></i></span></font></p>





<p style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">I think the of the Dutch word makker (friend) Â is derived
from Hebrew  </span><font color="black"><span style="color: black;">ר</span></font>×›Ö¼<font color="black"><span style="color: black;">מ</span></font></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"> <i><span style="font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB">makkar </span></i><span lang="EN-GB">which means acquaintance, friend. Before
the second world war there used to live a lot of Jewish people in the
Netherlands and they enriched the Dutch language with a lot of words â€“ <i><span style="font-style: italic;">jat,</span></i> <i><span style="font-style: italic;">jof</span></i>e<i><span style="font-style: italic;">l</span></i>, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">bajes</span></i>,
</span></span></font><i><span style="font-style: italic;" lang="EN-GB">lef</span></i><font color="black"><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-GB">, <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Mokum</span></i> etc. Moreover the Dutch never made bones about picking
up words from other languages. I wonder whether there are Hebrew words to be
found in other European languages. </span></font></p>

<p style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="EN-GB">Greetings</span></font></p>



<p style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" lang="EN-GB">Iwe de Bruin</span></font></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-size: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" lang="NL">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>









Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Etymology<br><br>Hello, dear Iwe!</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;">First of all, welcome to the talking team! I'm happy you took the step.</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;">And you did so with a bang. Some of us that should have known better (including yours truly</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">) should hang their heads in shame.</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;">You are absolutely right, ×ž×›×¨ means 'acquaintance', 'companion' in Hebrew.</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;">Duh!</span> "Problem" solved.<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><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;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seattle, USA</span><br><br><br>

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