LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 02.DEC.1999 (02) [E/German]

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From: Ludger Kaczmarek [L.Kaczmarek at t-online.de]
Subject:  Etymology: kloenen

Dear Ron Hahn,

as for the verb _klönen_, Wolfgang Pfeiffer in his Etymologisches
Wörterbuch des Deutschen (München: dtv, 1995) has the following:

"__klönen__ Vb. 'sich behaglich unterhalten, gemütlich plaudern'.
Das nd., daher vorwiegend im Nordd. gebrauchte Verb bedeutet
'mit durchdringender Stimme reden', im 18. Jh. dann 'anhaltend
jammern, klagen' und 'weitschweifig reden'. _klönen_ ist
lautmalender Herkunft und vergleichbar mit nl. _kleunen_ 'klopfen,
schlagen', afries. _klinna_ 'klingen, schallen', _klann_ 'Klang',
aengl. _clynnan_ 'tönen, klopfen', für die alle eine
Ausgangsbedeutung 'Ton, Schall, Geräusch machen' anzunehmen
ist."

Kind regards,
 L.K.

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