LL-L: "Etymology" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 26.AUG.1999 (03)

[Sandy Fleming]

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From: Ruud van de Kruisweg [kruisweg at flatearth.demon.nl]
Subject: "Etymology"

I came across a Usenet posting about the background of the English word
boor:

>boor (noun)
>[Dutch boer; akin to Old English buan to dwell -- more at BOWER]
>First appeared 1551
> 1 : PEASANT
> 2 : a rude or insensitive person

The thing I'm mostly interested in is the word 'buan' meaning to dwell. Am I
correct in assuming that 'buan' is relating to the Dutch word 'boenen' and
to
dwell is related to 'dweilen'?

Ruud
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