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L O W L A N D S - L - 30 August 2011 - Volume 05<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="DE">From: </span><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#790619">Andy</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="DE"><br>
Subject: </span><span class="gI">LL-L "Etymology" 2011.08.29 (06) [EN]</span><span class="gI"><br>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff">Steven wrote:<br>
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The Dutch form, tarwe, made me wonder if there’s something like ‘tarrow’
in English. It turns out that there is an English word, ‘tare’ (<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tare" target="_blank">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tare</a>), which may share its origin with the Dutch word. Here’s what the Online Etymology Dictionary has to say about it:<br>
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tare (1)<br>
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"kind of fodder plant, vetch," early 14c., perhaps cognate with M.Du.
tarwe "wheat," from P.Gmc. *tarwo, cognate with Bret. draok, Welsh drewg
"darnel," Skt. durva "a kind of millet grass," Gk. darata, daratos
"bread," Lith. dirva "a wheat-field." Used in 2nd Wyclif version (1388)
of Matt. xxiii:25 to render Gk. zizania as a weed among corn (earlier
darnel and cockle had been used in this place); hence figurative use for
"something noxious sown among something good" (1711).<br>
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<a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tare" target="_blank">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tare</a><br>
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Oddly enough, the Online Etymology Dictionary mentions a Middle Dutch form, weit, for wheat…where did it go?<br>
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wheat<br>
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O.E. hwæte "wheat," from P.Gmc. *khwaitijaz (cf. O.S. hweti, O.N..
hveiti, Norw. kveite, O.Fris. hwete, M.Du., Du. weit, O.H.G. weizzi,
Ger. Weizen, Goth. hvaiteis "wheat"), lit. "that which is white," from
*khwitaz-, the source of O.E. hwit (see white; and cf. Welsh gwenith
"wheat," related to gwenn "white"). The Old World grain was introduced
into New Spain in 1528. Wheaties, the cereal brand name, was patented
1925.<br>
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<a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wheat" target="_blank">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wheat</a><br>
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Scots has the form teer [ti:r] 'wild vetch', and teers are beans and peas grown among oats for cattle feed.<br><font color="#888888">
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Andy Eagle<br>
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