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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:

<span class="gd"><span style="color:#790619">Andy Eagle</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a>></span></p>

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<span class="gi">LL-L "Onomatopoeia" 2011.04.08 (01) [EN]</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.0866in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ron

wrote:<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

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<span style="color:navy">>Mark and At, I, too, suspect that klank ‘sound’ is

onomatopoeic in origin, as are connected nouns and verbs.<br>

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>Afrikaans: klank </span><span style="color: navy;">[klɑ̃ˑŋk]</span><span style="color: navy;"><br>

>Dutch: klank </span><span style="color: navy;">[klɑˑŋk]</span><span style="color: navy;"><br>

>Low Saxon: (NL) klaank, (DE) Klang </span><span style="color: navy;">[klaˑŋk]</span><span style="color: navy;"><br>

>Limburgish: klank </span><span style="color: navy;">[klɑˑŋk]</span><span style="color: navy;"><br>

>German: Klang </span><span style="color: navy;">[klaŋ]</span><span style="color: navy;"> (Missingsch

Klang [kla<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:

Arial;color:navy">ˑ</span><span style="color: navy;">ŋk])<br>

>Yiddish: </span><span dir="RTL" style="color: navy;" lang="HE">קלאַנג</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: navy;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>

(klang) </span><span style="color: navy;">[klaŋ]</span><span style="color: navy;"><br>

>Old German: klang<br>

>Middle German: klanc<br>

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>Note also verbs such as Low Saxon klingen </span><span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋː]</span><span style="color: navy;">, German klingen </span><span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋən]</span><span style="color: navy;">,

Yiddish <span dir="RTL" style="color: navy;" lang="HE">קלינגען<span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"><span style="color: navy;" lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"><span dir="LTR"> <span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋgən]<span style="color: navy;"> ‘to ring’, ‘to sound’ (Old German klingan),

Low Saxon klingeln <span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋl̩n]<span style="color: navy;">,

German klingeln </span><span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋəln]</span><span style="color: navy;"> ‘to jingle’. Low Saxon Klingel </span><span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋl̩]</span><span style="color: navy;">, German Klingel </span><span style="color: navy;">[ˈklɪŋəl</span><span style="color: navy;">], Limburgish Klingel</span><span style="color: navy;"> [ˈklɪŋl̩]</span><span style="color: navy;"> ‘small bell’ (NB: /-l-/ frequentive).<br>

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>Cf. English “clang”, Latin clangere ‘to make a sharp sound’</span></p>

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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Scots has:<br>

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clank [klaŋk] A loud noise.<br>

clink [klɪŋk] A

sharp, metallic sound. Money, cash, the price. A blow.<br>

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Andy Eagle</span></p>

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