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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Beste</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">Laaglanders</span>,</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Ek</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">skryf</span>
in Afrikaans <span class="spelle">omdat</span> <span class="spelle">julle</span> <span class="spelle">laaglanders</span> <span class="spelle">oefening</span> in die <span class="spelle">jongste</span> <span class="spelle">laaglandse</span> <span class="grame">taal</span> <span class="spelle">behoort</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">kry</span>. <span class="spelle">Ondersteun</span> <span class="spelle">asseblief</span> Afrikaans net <span class="spelle">waar</span> <span class="spelle">julle</span> <span class="grame">kan</span>. <span class="spelle">Ons</span>
is al <span class="spelle">amper</span> op die <span class="spelle">rooi</span>
data <span class="grame">lys</span> van tale.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Ek</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> lees met <span class="grame">groot</span>
<span class="spelle">belangstelling</span> al <span class="spelle">julle</span> <span class="spelle">bydraes</span> <span class="spelle">oor</span> <span class="spelle">maak</span>,
maker, <span class="spelle">ensovoorts</span>.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Dit</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">lyk</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> my <span class="spelle">asof</span> die <span class="spelle">gesprek</span> <span class="spelle">vashaak</span> by <span class="spelle">Latyn</span> en <span class="spelle">Hebreeus</span>.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Ek</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> dink <span class="spelle">dat</span>
<span class="spelle">fonologies</span> die <span class="spelle">woord</span> “<span class="spelle">mak</span>” (<span class="spelle">kort</span>) en “<span class="spelle">maak</span>” (lank) <span class="spelle">uiters</span> <span class="spelle">maklik</span> (<span class="spelle">hie-hie</span>) is <span class="spelle">om</span> in <span class="spelle">klank</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
<span class="spelle">maak</span> (hie-hie). <span class="spelle">Daarom</span> <span class="spelle">behoort</span> <span class="spelle">ons</span> die <span class="spelle">etimologie</span> <span class="spelle">daarvan</span> in <span class="spelle">tyd</span> <span class="spelle">baie</span> <span class="spelle">ver</span>
<span class="spelle">terug</span> <span class="spelle">soek</span>. <span class="spelle">Homerus</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> reeds die <span class="spelle">woord</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span> “<span class="spelle">mac</span>” <span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">na</span>
<span class="spelle">lang</span> (<span class="spelle">hoë</span> <span class="spelle">bome</span>) <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">verwys</span>.
<span class="spelle">Daarna</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> Herodotus <span class="spelle">ook</span> die <span class="spelle">woord</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span> <span class="spelle">om</span>
<span class="spelle">na</span> die <span class="spelle">lengte</span> van die <span class="spelle">Makedoniërs</span> (<span class="spelle">Masedoniërs</span>) en die
“<span class="spelle">swerwers</span>” (Germane) <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">verwys</span>. Herodotus was <span class="spelle">veral</span> <span class="spelle">beïndruk</span> met die <span class="grame">lang</span> <span class="spelle">mense</span> (“<span class="spelle">swerwers</span>”) <span class="spelle">omdat</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">soveel</span>
<span class="spelle">soorte</span> <span class="spelle">wilde</span> <span class="spelle">diere</span> (<span class="spelle">beeste</span>, <span class="spelle">bokke</span>, <span class="spelle">skape</span> en <span class="spelle">hoenders</span>) <span class="spelle">mak</span> <span class="spelle">gemaak</span>
(<span class="spelle">hie-hie</span>) <span class="spelle">het</span>.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Die <span class="spelle">Makedoniërs</span> (<span class="spelle">soos</span> Alexander die <span class="spelle">Grote</span>) was <span class="spelle">nie</span> van <span class="spelle">aeoniese</span> <span class="spelle">oorsprong</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>. <span class="spelle">Hulle</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">verhuis</span>
van <span class="spelle">Venetië</span> (<span class="spelle">teenaan</span> die <span class="spelle">Kaukasiese</span> <span class="spelle">berge</span> <span class="spelle">noord</span> van die <span class="spelle">Kaspiese</span> en Swart <span class="spelle">seë</span>). Die <span class="spelle">Grieke</span> <span class="spelle">kon</span> die <span class="spelle">Makedoniese</span> <span class="grame">taal</span> glad <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">verstaan</span>
<span class="spelle">nie</span>. Die “<span class="spelle">swerwers</span>” <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">ook</span> <span class="spelle">vanuit</span>
<span class="spelle">Venetië</span> begin <span class="spelle">beweeg</span> <span class="grame">na</span> <span class="spelle">Europa</span>. <span class="spelle">Hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">belangrikste</span> <span class="spelle">fisiese</span> <span class="spelle">kenmerk</span> was <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="grame">groot</span> been <span class="spelle">struktuur</span> (<span class="spelle">lengte</span> en <span class="spelle">breedte</span>). Later, in die
<span class="spelle">laaglande</span>, <span class="spelle">gemeng</span> met die
gene van die <span class="spelle">Heune</span>, <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">kenmerke</span> <span class="spelle">kenmerkend</span> <span class="spelle">geword</span> van die <span class="spelle">Sakse</span>. (Terloops, <span class="spelle">dit</span> is steeds <span class="spelle">onbekend</span> <span class="spelle">waar</span> die <span class="spelle">Heune</span> met <span class="spelle">gemiddeld</span> 7 <span class="spelle">voet</span> of 2.3 meter lank <span class="spelle">vandaan</span> <span class="spelle">gekom</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>.) </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Dit</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> is <span class="spelle">belangrik</span>
<span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">onthou</span>
<span class="spelle">dat</span> Abraham se <span class="spelle">vader</span> <span class="spelle">Tera</span> <span class="spelle">uit</span> Ur van <span class="spelle">Chaldee</span> <span class="spelle">weg</span> <span class="spelle">getrek</span>
<span class="spelle">het</span>. Die <span class="spelle">stad</span> is begin <span class="spelle">omtrent</span> 2 500vC. <span class="spelle">Daar</span> is <span class="spelle">nêrens</span> <span class="spelle">aanduiding</span> <span class="spelle">waar</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">oupa-oupagrootjie</span>
Heber (<span class="grame">na</span> <span class="spelle">wie</span> <span class="spelle">Hebreeus</span> <span class="spelle">vernoem</span> is) <span class="spelle">gewoon</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>.
<span class="spelle">Hy</span> <span class="spelle">kon</span> net so <span class="spelle">wel</span> in <span class="spelle">Venetië</span> <span class="spelle">gewoon</span> <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="grame">om</span>
later <span class="spelle">oor</span> die <span class="spelle">Kaukasiese</span> <span class="spelle">berge</span> <span class="spelle">suid</span> <span class="spelle">te</span>
trek <span class="spelle">na</span> <span class="spelle">Chaldee</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> <span class="spelle">maak</span> die <span class="spelle">verbinding</span>
<span class="spelle">tussen</span> <span class="spelle">Hebreeus</span>, <span class="spelle">Slawies</span> en <span class="spelle">Germaans</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">sterk</span> <span class="spelle">moontlikheid</span> <span class="spelle">soos</span> <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="spelle">hier</span>
op die <span class="spelle">poslys</span> <span class="spelle">gewaar</span> <span class="spelle">geword</span> <span class="spelle">het</span>. <span class="grame">(</span><span class="spelle">Een</span><span class="grame"> </span><span class="spelle">maal</span><span class="grame"> ‘n trekker, </span><span class="spelle">altyd</span><span class="grame"> ‘n trekker.)</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">Ek</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> <span class="spelle">het</span> ‘n
<span class="spelle">kleintjie</span> <span class="spelle">dood</span> <span class="spelle">daaraan</span> <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">Mesopotamië</span>
(die land <span class="spelle">tussen</span> die <span class="spelle">riviere</span>)
so <span class="grame">groot</span> <span class="spelle">rol</span> <span class="spelle">speel</span> in <span class="spelle">geskiedenis</span> <span class="spelle">terwyl</span> <span class="spelle">Venetië</span> (land <span class="spelle">reg</span> <span class="spelle">noord</span> van die <span class="spelle">Kaukasiese</span> <span class="spelle">gebergtes</span>) <span class="spelle">omtrent</span> <span class="spelle">vergete</span> <span class="spelle">bly</span>. Is <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="spelle">Koukasiërs</span>
of <span class="spelle">nie</span>? (<span class="spelle">Ek</span> <span class="spelle">sal</span> <span class="grame">bly</span> <span class="spelle">wees</span>
as ‘n <span class="spelle">laaglander</span> my <span class="spelle">aan</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">beter</span> <span class="spelle">naam</span> <span class="spelle">kan</span>
help <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">hierdie</span> <span class="spelle">gebied</span> <span class="spelle">sowat</span> 4500 <span class="spelle">jaar</span> <span class="spelle">gelede</span>. <span class="spelle">Daar</span>
is <span class="spelle">minstens</span> 4 <span class="spelle">plekke</span> met
die <span class="spelle">naam</span> <span class="spelle">Venetië</span>.)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">My <span class="spelle">gevolgtrekking</span> is <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">mak/maak/makker/maker</span> so <span class="spelle">ver</span> <span class="spelle">terug</span> in die <span class="spelle">vergetelheid</span> is <span class="spelle">dat</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">aanvaarbare</span> <span class="spelle">etimologiese</span> <span class="spelle">ondersoek</span> <span class="spelle">daarvan</span> <span class="spelle">bykans</span> <span class="spelle">onmoontlik</span> is. <span class="spelle">Wat</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> my <span class="spelle">tel</span>,
is <span class="spelle">dat</span> <span class="spelle">ons</span> steeds <span class="spelle">oor</span> die <span class="spelle">woorde</span> <span class="spelle">mak</span> en <span class="spelle">maak</span> (in Afrikaans) <span class="spelle">beskik</span> <span class="grame">na</span> <span class="spelle">soveel</span>
<span class="spelle">duisende</span> <span class="spelle">jare</span>. <span class="spelle">Dit</span> is <span class="spelle">kragtige</span> <span class="spelle">woorde</span> <span class="spelle">wat</span> so ‘n <span class="grame">groot</span> <span class="spelle">rol</span> <span class="spelle">speel</span>
in <span class="spelle">ons</span> <span class="spelle">mens</span> wording, <span class="spelle">alreeds</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">omtrent</span>
5 000 <span class="spelle">jaar</span>.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL">In my <span class="spelle">vele</span> <span class="spelle">reise</span>
<span class="grame">na</span> die <span class="spelle">verafgeleë</span> <span class="spelle">woestyn</span> <span class="spelle">gebiede</span>, <span class="spelle">het</span> <span class="spelle">ek</span> my <span class="spelle">dikwels</span>
<span class="spelle">verstom</span> hoe <span class="spelle">gemaklik</span> (<span class="spelle">hie-hie</span>) <span class="spelle">mense</span>, <span class="spelle">veral</span> <span class="spelle">Namas</span> en <span class="spelle">Damaras</span> (<span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">Europese</span>
<span class="spelle">afkoms</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>) die <span class="spelle">woorde</span> <span class="spelle">mak</span> en <span class="spelle">maak</span>
en <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">afgeleides</span> <span class="spelle">gebruik</span>. <span class="spelle">Vra</span> ‘n <span class="spelle">mens</span> <span class="spelle">byvoorbeeld</span> <span class="spelle">vir</span> <span class="spelle">hulle</span> hoe <span class="spelle">hulle</span>
<span class="spelle">reg</span> <span class="spelle">kry</span> <span class="grame">om</span>
in <span class="spelle">hulle</span> <span class="spelle">wêreld</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">lewe</span>, is die <span class="spelle">antwoord</span> <span class="spelle">dikwels</span>: “Ek is <span class="spelle">mos</span> <span class="spelle">hier</span> <span class="spelle">mak</span>
<span class="spelle">gemaak</span>”. Is <span class="spelle">dit</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span> <span class="spelle">waaroor</span> die <span class="spelle">lewe</span> <span class="spelle">gaan</span> <span class="spelle">nie</span>:
<span class="grame">om</span> <span class="spelle">onsself</span> <span class="spelle">mak</span> <span class="spelle">te</span> <span class="spelle">maak</span>?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="NL"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Mooi</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"> loop</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"><br>
At de Lange</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Pretoria</span></p>
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