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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"> </font></p>From:<span></span><span class="gD"> Ed Alexander</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:edsells@cogeco.ca">edsells@cogeco.ca</a></span><div class="iw"> </div><span><a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net" target="_blank"></a></span><div>
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<div>Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Semantics" 2011.11.20 (01) [EN]</span><br><br><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div class="im">
At 05:40 PM 20/11/2011, Mark or Ruth wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite">I have difficulty with the word
'dear'<b>=</b>'valuable' being originally associated with
'deer'='animal'.</blockquote><br></div>
I submit that in fact they were not associated originally, and come from
separate IE roots.<br><br>
From the Online Etymological Dictionary:<br><br>
<b>DEER</b> O.E. deor "animal, beast," from P.Gmc.
*deuzam, the general Germanic word for "animal" (as opposed to
man), but often restricted to "wild animal" (cf. O.Fris. diar,
Du. dier, O.N. dyr, O.H.G. tior, Ger. Tier "animal," Goth. dius
"wild animal," also cf.
<a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=reindeer&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank">
reindeer</a>), from PIE *dheusom "creature that breathes," from
*dheu- (1) "cloud, breath" (cf. Lith. dusti "gasp,"
dvesti "gasp, perish;" O.C.S. dychati "breathe;" cf.
L. animal from anima "breath"), from base *dheu-. Sense
specialization to a specific animal began in O.E. (usual O.E. for what we
now call a deer was heorot; see
<a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hart&allowed_in_frame=0" target="_blank">
hart</a>), common by 15c., now complete. Probably via hunting, deer being
the favorite animal of the chase (cf. Skt. mrga- "wild animal,"
used especially for "deer"). Deer-lick is first attested 1778,
in an American context. <br><br>
<b>DEAR </b>O.E. deore "precious, valuable, costly, loved,
beloved," from P.Gmc. *deurjaz (cf. O.S. diuri, O.N. dyrr, O.Fris.
diore, M.Du. dure, Du. duur, O.H.G. tiuri, Ger. teuer), ultimate origin
unknown. Used interjectorily since 1690s. As a polite introductory word
to letters, it is attested from mid-15c. As a noun, from late 14c.,
perhaps short for dear one, etc. <br><br>
Ed Alexander, on Manitoulin Island, where the annual deer hunt starts on
Monday.<br><br>----------<br><br>From:<span></span><span class="gD"></span><span class="gD"> Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a></span><div class="iw">
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Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Semantics"</span><br><span class="gI"><br></span>Beste Mark,<div><br><div><div>You wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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<div>As for "Lob" & "Preis": English "praise"
& "prize" (now this is getting interesting) with which I associate
with Afrikaans "lof" & "prys", my Kritzinger, Steyn, Schoonees &
Cronje (Afrikaanse Woordeboek. Vertalend, Afrikaans : Engels) has this to offer.
'Lof' = praise, eulogy, commendation, laudation. 'Prys' = price, value, cost,
charge, award, premium, prize, praise &c.</div>
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<div>The first, 'lof', may be a tribute but it is not a
commodity. The second, 'prys', may be, but is it a synonym
altogether? Not inevitably.</div>
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<div>We still offer Lof & Prys to God.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or to merchandise. </div><div><br></div><div>As
is the case in the Brabantish expression: "loven en bieden" (loven en
bieëen ~ love and bid). It's an old one (attested in 1380 already), used
to describe the haggling between seller and byer. A seller will usually
praise his ware (loven is not coincidentally cognate with "to love"
(E)), while the potential byer may make an offer (a bid).</div><div><br></div><div>I
have a feeling that words like "cheap", "love", "praise" and "dear"
were rather market-terms, before they were religiously/morally
reinterpreted. </div><div><br></div><div>"Free" on the other hand looks like a more original word-complex that was connected with what we label "love" these days. Note:</div><div><ul><li>vrijen (D): to make love</li>
<li>friend (E): ami-go (Spanish)</li><li>fri: Old Saxon for "woman"</li><li>Frieden (G): peace</li><li>Freyja: goddess of love</li></ul><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div>
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