LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 03.JAN.2001 (01) [E]

[Lowlands-L]

 ======================================================================
 L O W L A N D S - L * 03.JAN.2001 (01) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
 Posting Address: <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>
 Web Site: <http://www.geocities.com/sassisch/rhahn/lowlands/>
 User's Manual: <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html>
 Archive: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html>
 =======================================================================
 A=Afrikaans, Ap=Appalachean, D=Dutch, E=English, F=Frisian, L=Limburgish
 LS=Low Saxon (Low German), S=Scots, Sh=Shetlandic, Z=Zeelandic (Zeeuws)
 =======================================================================

From: David Strommen [si00924 at navix.net]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" (was "Folklore") LOWLANDS-L, 28.DEC.2000 (02) [E]

Dear Lowlanders,
Good New Year. I was reaing you etemolgy discussion and saw the
reference to Mate. In Scandinavian we can use the word matros for
sailor. I have always assumed it came from German and eventually Latin.
Could Matros have been shortened and Mat used for future words in the
lowland languages? Regards David Strommen.

Maat_ was an important word in Middle Low Saxon (Low German).  It meant
not
only things like 'companion', 'chum' etc. and also nautical 'sailor' or
'crew
member' (e.g., _Schippsmaat_, _Kocksmaat_, _Decksmaat_ etc.), as it does
in
the modern dialects,

==================================END===================================
 You have received this because your account has been subscribed upon
 request. To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l"
 as message text from the same account to
 <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or sign off at
 <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 =======================================================================
 * Please submit contributions to <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>.
 * Contributions will be displayed unedited in digest form.
 * Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
 * Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
   to be sent to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or at
   <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 * Please use only Plain Text format, not Rich Text (HTML) or any other
   type of format, in your submissions
 =======================================================================