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<font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Hannelore Hinz <a href="mailto:hannehinz@t-online.de" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc"><hannehinz@t-online.de></font></a><br> Subject: Etymologie<br>
<br> Hallo Lowlanners, <br><br> künn sien, dat is noch nich tau lat, noch eins in't Holt tau gahn un <b><i>Mœsch</i></b> plücken.<br> Moesch, so näumen wi de Plant <i>Waldmeister, </i>asperula odorata: 'Mösecke'; <i>Mähsk</i><i>, Mähsch, Mäsch, Mösch, Mœhsch.<br>
</i>Mœsch durch seinen starken Geruch ausgezeichnet: <i>dat Holt rök as idel Mäsch </i>(F. Reuter). Mœsch kann ok helpen gegen de Watersüük, gegen Motten (Wäscheschrank), kann oewer ok Rooktobak bimengt warden. Man kann dat œwer ok an't Finsterkrüz hängen as 'Blitzschutz'. Man sall dat jedoch all vör <i>Maidag </i>plücken, nahstens hebben de Hexen dor up spuckt. Künn angahn, dat dit Wuurd von <i>Moschus </i>stammt.<br>
Lit.: Perfeser Voßlo<br><br><b>Waldmeister</b>, m., Möösch, n.<br> Lit.: HARTE<br><br><b>Mösch, Mäsch </b>m. Echter Waldmeister, Asperula odorata <b>L</b>. - Zu hd.<br><i>Moschus.<br></i>Lit.: Renate Herrmann-Winter<br>
,<br><b>Waldmeister </b>(15.Jh.; die im Walde wachsende Pflanze ist vielleicht wegen ihrer großen ["meisterhaften"] Heilkraft so benannt). <br> Lit.: DUDEN 7<br><br> Kiek ok an:<br><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldmeister" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/</font><font color="#0066cc">Waldmeister</font></a><br>
<br> Un nu wünsch ick taugliek all' Fründ'n vergnäugte Pingsten.<br><br> Woans heit dat man noch:<br><i><b>To Pingst'n, ach wie scheun,</b></i><i> <b>wenn de Natur so greun . . .</b><br></i>Text: Heinrich Köllisch; Melodie: T. F. Schild<br>
<br> Hartlich.<br> Hanne<br><br>----------</font></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">Subject: Etymology</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">Dank di, Hanne.</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">Folks, the word group Hanne write about above denotes a plant that in Northern Germany, or in Germany in general, takes a special place in traditions. It heralds summer and its flavor is many people's favorite in drinks and ice cream:</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"></font> </div><em>Galium odoratum syn. Asperula odorata</em><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">English: woodruff</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">German:<em> Waldmeister, Wohlriechendes Labkraut</em> </div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Low Saxon: <em><strong>Möösch</strong></em> [mœˑɪʃ], etc.</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Dutch: <em>lievevrouwebedstro</em></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Danish: <em>skovmærke, bukkar</em></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Norwegian: <em><strong>myske</strong></em><br>Swedish: <em><strong>mysk</strong>madra, <strong>myska</strong></em><br>Icelandic: <em>anganmaðra, ilmmaðra</em></div><em></em></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" dir="ltr">
</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" dir="ltr">There is a chance that the words (in bold) are related to the following:</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" dir="ltr"> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">English: musk<br>
German: <em>Moschus</em><br>Dutch: <em>moskus</em><br>Afrikaans: <em>muskus</em><br>Danish: <em>moskus</em><br>Norwegian: <em>moskus</em><br>Swedish: <em>mysk</em><br>Icelandic: <em>moskus</em><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
In various forms, this latter word group, which originally denotes glandular secretions of certain animals, such as the musk deer, has imported relatives in numerous languages and is ultimately related to Sanskrit मुशका (<span><em>muṣkā</em></span>) 'testicle'.</div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><small><big></big></small></font> </div>
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