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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Etymology<br>
<br>I wrote:<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><font size="2">I wonder if it is possible that English "hovel" and Dutch <i>heuvel</i> [ˈhøːv̥əɫ] are diminutive (/-l/) forms of what in German is </font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><i>Hof</i> [hoːf], Low Saxon <i>(/hov/) Hoff</i> [hɔf] (pl. <i>H</i></font><font size="2"><i>ọ̈v'</i> [høːˑv] ~ <i>H</i></font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><i>ọ̈ven</i> [ˈhøːvn̩] ~ [ˈhøːvm̩])</font><font size="2"> 'yard', 'farmstead' (traditionally implying 'fenced-in ...') < Indo-European *<i>keu-</i>
'to bend'. It is not clear if "bend' here refers to weaving plant
material for a fence, or if it refers to early farmsteads being on
elevated ground (i.e. in the sense of 'bulging'). Cf. Norwegian <i>hov</i> meaning both 'elevated ground' (perhaps also 'mound') and 'fenced-in ground' (and in extension 'temple mound').</font><br>
<br><font size="2">Importantly, Indo-European *<i>keu-</i> is the origin of "high", <i>hoog</i>, </font><i>hoch</i> etc. as well.<br></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
</span><br>I should have mentioned that Old English has <i>hof</i> in the same sense.<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA<br><br>----------<br>
<br>From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#00681c">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a></span></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
Subject: LL-L "Etymology"</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">
<br><span></span></p><div bgcolor="#ffffff">Beste Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
Great to see that when it comes to voting US politicians still have to
choose between "yea" and "nay", not "yes" and "no". Would this be a
Dutch relict?<br>
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Kind greetings,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</font></div>
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