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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>From: Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinz@t-online.de" target="_blank"><hannehinz@t-online.de></a><br>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2012.04.06 (01) [EN] <br><br>Dear Paul and Lowlanders,<br>
<i>Leiw' Paul un Lowlanners,<br>
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</i>Paul wrote: Broc is also one of the Gaelic words for badger,
in Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx.<br>
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I was interested in the word badger.<br>
<i>Mi hett dat Wuurt <b>badger </b>intressiert.<br>
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</b></i>We call the badger <i><b>Dachs.</b><br>
Wi näumen badger Dachs.<br>
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</i>So today before Easter a little over badger.<br>
<i>Also hüt vör Paaschen noch bäten wat oewer Dachs.</i><br>
<br><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org./wiki/Dachse" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org./wiki/Dachse</a></font>
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<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachse" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachse</a><br><br></font>
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<b>Tacks </b>m. Dachs, meles meles; so die Hauptform des
Wortes mit auffälligem Auslaut -<i>ks </i>und <i>t-</i>Auslaut
statt <i>d- </i>aus germ. *<i>þ</i>-; vgl. norw.
und ä. dän. <i>svintoks</i> aus anord. *<i>þ</i><i>ox,
</i>welches aus germ. *<i>þahsu</i>-. Mnd. <i>das, dasse</i> ist
nicht erhalten; <i>Dacks </i>unter hd. Einfluß.<br>
Rda.: <i>nu kümmt de Dacks ut 'n Bu </i>wenn im Frühling alte
Leute ins Freie kommen. Volksglaube: der Dachs saugt den Kühen die
Milch ab. <br>
Syn. <i>Gräwing; </i>übertr. junger ungeschliffener Mensch.<br>
FN.: Flurnamen; <i>Tacks(en)-, Dacksenbarg, -burg, -grund, -häg',
-löcker. </i>Zss.: <i>Klapper-, Knapperdacks; Multacks.</i><b><br>
Tacksenbein, </b>Tacks- m., n. Bein des Dachses; übertr.
kurzes, krummes Bein eines Menschen.<br>
<b>Tacksenfett, Tacksfett </b>n. Dachsfett; als Heilmittel gegen
Engbrüstigkeit und bei frischen Wunden verwendet; übertr.
minderwertiges amerikanisches Schmalz:<br>
<i>Tacksenfett.<br>
</i>Rda.: <i>du kannst di dinen Hinnersten ok mit Dacksfett
inriben </i>bekommst Schläge.<br>
<b>Tacksenstig</b> m. Gang im Kornfeld: <i>dor sünd
Tacksenstig' in. <br>
</i><b>Tacksjagd</b> f. Jagd auf Dachse (1718)<br>
Lit.: Perfesser Voßlo<br>
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(Nu heff ick mi woll 'n Osterei verdeint..)<br>
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<b>Noch eins frohe Paaschen. <br>
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Hanne<br><br>----------<br><br>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@6ayoo.com">sassisch@6ayoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Etymology<br><br><i>Dachs</i> [daks] for 'badger' is (High) German. Low Saxon ("Low German") tends to have <i>Tacks</i> [tʰaks], and Dutch, Afrikaans, Limburgish and W. Frisian have<i> das</i>. <br>
<br>LS <i>t-</i> is somewhat surprising here. Proto-Germanic </font><i>*þahsu-</i> should have yielded *<i>dahs</i> > <i>*Dass</i>. I assume that (older) Danish and Norwegian <i>(svin-)toks</i> go back to a Middle Saxon loan. (Modern Standard Danish uses <i>grævling</i>, Norwegian<i> grevling</i>, Swedish<i> <span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="sv"><span class="hps">grävling</span></span></i><i> </i>("digger"?).) Early Modern English has <i>dasse</i>, Old English <i>brocc</i>, Scots <i>brock</i>, from Proto-Celtic <i>*brokko</i>.<br>
<br>The <font> </font><i>*þahsu-</i> group appears to go back to Proto-Indo-European <i>*tek'-</i> "to construct."<br><br>Happy Easter and Passover (Pessach)!<br><br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA<br><font><br>
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